Tag Archives: Health and Safety

BACKED INTO THE CORNER: Serving While Sick in Miami-DadeAugust 8, 2012 Over the past three decades as the restaurant industry has become the third largest private sector in the Miami-Dade region, employing 72,700 workers. The lack of earned paid sick days combined with low wages forces many Miami-Dade restaurant workers into … Continue Reading... →
 
 
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Dining Out, Dining Healthy: The Link Between Public Health and Working Conditions in New York City’s Restaurant IndustryJuly 16, 2012New York City’s restaurants are vital to our economy. But there is a growing problem that is threatening to undermine the vitality of the industry: restaurant owners that maintain bad dining and working conditions, thereby putting the public’s health at risk. In this … Continue Reading... →
 
 
Contagion: Not Just a MovieOctober 6, 2011Watch the real stories of five of the 44 million people who have been forced to go into work when they are sick because they couldn’t afford to or weren’t allowed to take time off. ROC-Philly member Jasmine, a server, is featured. Continue Reading... →
 
 
National Day of Action Gets Major Media CoverageFebruary 22, 2011The National Day of Action was covered by over a dozen national and local media sources. Below is a listing of the most relevant ones. Media: Time – http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/02/17/remember-to-tip-report-shows-waiters-are-underpaid-overworked-and-unequally-treated/ Labor Notes – http://labornotes.org/2011/02/restaurant-employees-call-higher-wages-tipped-workers Daily Kos – http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/16/945486/-Minority-restaurant-workers-get-the-shaft- Miami Herald – http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/02/14/2065332/miami-dade-restaurant-workers.html WTOP – http://www.wtop.com/category/District-of-Columbia/20110214/Waiters-rally-for-higher-wages-on-restaurants%27-busiest-day/ CareerDiva – http://www.evetahmincioglu.com/web/blog/2011/02/14/valentines-dinner-no-champagne-for-busboy/ LA … Continue Reading... →
 
 
On Restaurants’ Busiest Day of the Year, Some Workers Not Earning a Living WageFebruary 14, 2011FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ****PRESS RELEASE**** Restaurant Workers in Los Angeles, Miami and Washington, DC Forced to Work While Sick, Undergo Racial Discrimination and Experience Unsafe Working Conditions, New Reports Say Continue Reading... →
 
 
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Serving While SickSeptember 30, 2010In 2010 ROC-United released Serving While Sick, a national study on health and safety conditions in the restaurant industry. The report was based on 4,323 worker surveys on general working conditions, 240 employer interviews, 240 worker interviews, 500 worker surveys specifically on health insurance needs, and 20 employer interviews on health insurance needs. The findings showed the effects of high risks of injury and illness and low access to benefits for America’s restaurant workforce. They demonstrated the need for mandatory paid sick days laws to alleviate the burdens of restaurant workers and the risk of communicable diseases to the public, as well as the need for access to healthcare for restaurant workers. Continue Reading... →
 
 
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Burned: High Risks and Low Benefits for Workers in the New York City Restaurant IndustrySeptember 11, 2009In 2009 ROC-NY released Burned: High Risks and Low Benefits for Workers in the New  York City Restaurant Industry, an in-depth study of occupational safety and health and access to benefits in the New York City restaurant industry.  The research … Continue Reading... →