Paying Tipped Workers Better Wouldn’t Hurt Restaurant Jobs
For decades, restaurant industry lobbyists have predicted that the sky would fall with each tipped-minimum-wage hike. But these case studies found no evidence supporting those claims.
Jane Fonda Takes on ‘the Other NRA’
The actress and lifelong activist joins restaurant workers in the fight to end sub-minimum tipped wage.
Hundreds of People Are Getting Arrested For Democracy This Week
The Democracy Spring protests in D.C. are building the power needed to break our politics free of its corporate choke-hold.
Corporate Lobby Pulls Out Old Playbook
National Restaurant Association uses cheap tactics to try to undercut criticism of their anti-worker, anti-consumer agenda.
Why I’m Ready to Get Arrested with Restaurant Workers
Groups like ROC and the hundreds of others that are leading the Democracy Spring and Democracy Awakening mobilizations are working to build the power that can counter corporate lobby groups. Everyone who cares about the state of our democracy should join them.
When Tipping Doesn’t Make the Difference
Women of color in the restaurant industry find themselves dependent on tips to make up for low wages, which is often not enough to survive on
Taxpayers Subsidize Restaurant Pay
A new report reveals just how much the restaurant industry’s current low-wage model costs ordinary taxpayers.
No, Your Server Is Not on the Menu
For women who make their living off tips, sexual harassment is a constant workplace peril.
Tipped Over The Edge
A cutting edge forum on how raising the minimum wage and providing paid sick days for tipped workers will help mitigate inequality in Washington, D.C.