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ROC United |
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The Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC) is a not-for-profit organization and worker center with affiliates in a number of cities across the United States. Its mission is to improve wages and working conditions for the nation's low wage restaurant workforce. Its tactics and strategy have drawn fire from business groups and restaurant industry lobbyists. (en) |
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dbr:Saru_Jayaraman |
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To improve wages and working conditions for the nation's restaurant workforce |
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| dbp:abbreviation |
ROC United (en) |
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ROC members with then Senator Harris at the U.S. Capitol building in 2019. (en) |
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Saru Jayaraman, Fekkak Mamdouh (en) |
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Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (en) |
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Restaurant Opportunities Center (en) |
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