In July, DC voters passed One Fair Wage with 56 percent of the total vote, but in October, the City Council repealed this gradual increase in the subminimum tipped wage rate that would have guaranteed the full minimum wage to…
I own and operate The Lunch Room in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I have worked minimum wage jobs throughout the industry, from delivering newspapers starting at 11 years old to slicing pizzas at 16, to line cooking at 25. I have…
How did you get involved with ROC? Having worked with ROC in coalitions in the past, I learned about the particular struggles that people in the restaurant industry face: racism, sub-minimum wage, lack of paid sick days. Given my experience,…
Rachel Barnett is the proud mother of two children: Adrienne, 11, and Xavier, 8. She is a single mom who joined the hospitality industry six years ago to accommodate the needs of her children — one of whom had a…
Contact Michigan Governor Snyder at governorsoffice@michigan.gov or by calling Constituent Services at (517) 335-7858 and ask him to veto SB 1171. In lame-duck session, the Michigan legislature gutted the minimum wage law and killed One Fair Wage for more than…
Hello, my name is Trynitie Holland. I'm a 41 year old server from the central coast of California. I've been in the industry full time since I was 21, seeing a lot come and go in over 20 years. I've…
Chasse Gunter, a server assistant from Seattle, WA, explains how he’s seen firsthand One Fair Wage benefit not only his life, but restaurant workers across the state. Read his entire statement below. "My name is Chasse Gunter and I’m from…
Dear Friends, As Theresa Vargas wrote in The Washington Post yesterday, our voices are not being heard. Living in DC as tipped workers—one of us a valet and the other a restaurant server—we work long hours and rely on unpredictable…
Some of you may recall last year that our first ROC Pittsburgh member, Estelle Becker, passed away after struggling with health issues. For those who didn't know Estelle, she was a firecracker who fought tooth and nail to make sure…
US border policy is creating a crisis of death and disappearance in the Southwest borderlands. I spent a few days last month with a group of faith leaders and volunteers walking through the scorching, 118 degree weather in the Ajo…