Restaurant Opportunities Centers United

Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United) is a nonprofit worker center founded after 9/11 in 2002 to support and advocate for restaurant workers nationwide. ROC United fights for fair wages (including eliminating the subminimum tipped wage), better working conditions, and basic benefits in the restaurant industry. It trains workers, engages in research (like reports on wage theft and discrimination), and leads campaigns for policy changes such as One Fair Wage. ROC’s advocacy extends to tax and labor policies that help low-wage workers keep more of their income (e.g., pushing to ease tax burdens on tips and overtime pay). *(Partner assignment for the tax relief cause is tentative and flagged for review.)*