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#OurTipsOurProperty: Restaurant Workers Beat Back Lobbyist #TipTheft Plan
This week we made restaurant industry and labor movement history! In the face of unbelievable odds and powerful opposition by the National Restaurant Association, we won bipartisan support of tip...
View Article2018 RAISE Summit, HUGE Success!
It was an incredible week. First, RAISE members, ROC United members, and allies took to the streets of Washington, D.C. to confront the National Restaurant Association (NRA) during their annual...
View ArticleBREAKING: Michigan Becomes 8th One Fair Wage State!
After the September 5 vote in the Michigan House of Representatives and Senate, One Fair Wage is the law in 8 states (MI, NV, CA, AK, MT, MN, WA, and OR) and two municipalities, Washington, DC and...
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Reflection From a ROC Staff Member: U.S. Border Crisis
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,...
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Marie Billiel Wins Estelle Becker Leadership Award
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...
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One Fair Wage Voters Demand to Be Heard!
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...
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From The Trenches: Chasse Gunter
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....
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From The Trenches: Trynitie Holland
Trynitie Holland, a server from the central coast of California 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...
View ArticleMEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Rachel Barnett
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...
View ArticleWhere One Fair Wage in D.C. Stands (For Now)
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...
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