ROC-NY's Greatest Victory!

June 20th, 2008

Today we announced publicly ROC-NY's greatest victory ever. After 2 1/2 years of organizing 250 workers in seven restaurants in one of the City's largest mini-empires (restaurant companies), we announced a victory that includes $3.9 million in stolen tips and unpaid wages, management training to ensure ongoing compliance with the law, changes in the restaurant company’s tipping practices, half hour lunch breaks for workers, extension of the preliminary injunction that protects involved workers from retaliatory firings, and a grievance procedure for all workers in the company. Through the campaign, workers have also won several promotions for workers of color and new company-wide sexual harassment and promotions policies, and reinstatement plus $200,000 in back wages for workers fired for retaliation.

WE HAVE TO THANK YOU, OUR SUPPORTERS, ALLIES, AND FRIENDS, FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT OVER THE LAST 2 1/2 YEARS. WE JUST CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT OF RESTAURANT WORKERS.  

Here is the New York Times article about the victory:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/nyregion/19wage.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion&oref=slogin 
 
And Crain's: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080618/FREE/435733274

(And Air America's GRITtv ! )  http://blip.tv/file/1059015/ 

(Audio file) http://www.mediafire.com/?medhho3x0ej

In Reuter ! http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1842430020080919?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0  


AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU!!!

 

WIth love and solidarity,
ROC-NY and ROC-United