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ROC-DC retweeted
First councilmember to explicitly come out against restaurant fee...
R White: "Why not move away from fee. This seems crazy to me. All of it. Why not move to a place where a cost of a hamburger is the cost of the hamburger"
ROC-DC retweeted
PROTECT TIPPED WORKERS TODAY! @councilofDC will vote on a restaurant bill that could lead to more deceptive service charges that confuse customers & hurt workers. A @CMLewisGeorgeW4 amendment would help restaurants & workers, but two amendments from @ChmnMendelson would harm both
ROC-DC retweeted
DC residents back raises for restaurant workers and transparent menu prices.
As written, the bill incentivizes some restaurants to add controversial service charges and reduces worker pay.
We can help DC restaurants without tipping the scale toward +20%🧾 or costing workers.👇🏾
Tomorrow, the DC Council will vote on a major restaurant relief bill.
A lot of it is popular. But, surprise, the provision dealing with service charges is getting some pushback.
@Janeese4DC just intro-ed an amendment to soften language, redefines fees:
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ROC-DC retweeted
ICYMI: It's amazing what happens when smart & tireless #organizers with lived experience are all-in for the most vulnerable workers. @ForgeOrganizing @NDLON @rocunited @anoorani @ALIANZAAMERICAS @RWCFUSA @sarahjmesick @pakalchi @LIRSorg @UHLocal25 @WashLaw4CR @TU_WDC
@ROCDC is a force for justice, protecting #restaurant #workers, often #undocumented women from exploitation. Organizers @miguelito0994 & Norma Chavez break down how the #ExcludedWorkers Campaign moves Black & Brown workers towards #equity. Hear THEM! bit.ly/3Xbn5SF
ROC-DC retweeted
"For a lot of restaurant workers the pandemic is not yet over." @miguelito0994 & Norma Chavez share stories from @ROCDC's Excluded Workers Campaign organized in support of workers who must pay #rent and buy food but cannot access federal aid. #Equity bit.ly/3Xbn5SF
ROC-DC retweeted
B4 telling DC Council how it should undermine the economic security of your own employees and subvert the will of the voters
... why don't you get your own house in order?
Prove to DC how good an employer you are. Submit your tip policies and wages to DOES. As the law requires.
ROC-DC retweeted
restaurants doing everything to be more aesthetically pleasing but not doing right by their workers
ROC-DC retweeted
Excluded workers stand in the council chambers as the council votes on whether they commit to using any excess revenue that comes in to support an increase in SNAP benefits and the $20M that was brutally swiped from excluded workers. #NoMeExcluyas
ROC-DC retweeted
We are at the Wilson Building asking @councilofus to save the $20 million in the FY23 budget that was allocated to Excluded Workers! The money was about to be distributed when the Mayor tried to swipe it for her own priorities. Council cannot let her steal money from workers! 1/
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ROC-DC retweeted
We had a busy day at the council! We stopped by @charlesallen’s office because he supported us in the past and we need him to come through again.
Work with @ChmnMendelson and your council colleagues to #StopTheSwipe and give $20 million back to excluded workers!
#DontExcludeMe
ROC-DC retweeted
We're springing into action because @MayorBowser is trying to take $20 million in cash assistance that was ALREADY WON + promised to excluded workers LAST YEAR. We're counting on @ChmnMendelson & the rest of the Council to #StopTheSwipe!
Be there tomorrow at 9am! #DontExcludeMe
ROC-DC retweeted
We are so excited for #LaborSpring to return to Georgetown Tuesday, April 25th at 3:00 pm
Join Candace Cunningham of @ROCDC, @DaOrganize of @DCLabor, @ElizabethDCJWJ of @DCJWJ, @OlufemiOTaiwo and Dr. Maurice Jackson
Register NOW: bit.ly/APR25LS
ROC-DC retweeted
@AlanaEichner to @councilofdc on FY23 Supplemental Budget Amendment - Tell Mayor Bowser
ROC-DC retweeted
.@MayorBowser cruelly took $20 million that DC's excluded workers ALREADY WON and were ALREADY PROMISED for direct cash assistance. This is absolutely unconscionable. The DC Council must keep its promise to excluded workers and reject this terrible move.
@DontExcludeMeDC
ROC-DC retweeted
It never ceases to amaze me when basic human needs of DC residents are characterized as add-ons, extras, enhancements. They should be at the core of the budget.
When pickleball courts get funded but not a single housing voucher... it is such an indictment of #dcvalues.
ROC-DC retweeted
@DOES_DC has been collecting tipped wage data for YEARS from restaurants, but has done little to hold non-compliant restaurants accountable. The newest report release with @DCJWJ highlights our findings. We demand accountability and enforcement this oversight season!! #WageTheft
New report out from us and @ROCDC on the state of tipped wage reporting and accountability at @DOES_DC. And it's not good.
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ROC-DC retweeted
New report finds most DC bars and restaurants with liquor licenses have not complied with I-77 repeal bill and report tip wage data to @DOES_DC that aims to prevent wage theft.
Report is from @DCJWJ, Restaurant Opportunity Center of DC, pro I-82 groups.
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ROC-DC retweeted
Yup, this happened
Exclusion is wrong from start to finish, esp since we're so essential to DC
Essential but excluded
#DontExcludeMe
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ROC-DC retweeted
Music coming from the movement! $160 million for excluded workers!