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campaign - a policy that would increase the tipped minimum wage to the minimum wage and allow tipping practices to remain in place. In 2019, the One Fair Wage campaign split off from ROC United and became its own non-profit with
Jayaraman and Mamdouh leaving ROC United to lead the new non-profit.
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ROC conducts workplace campaigns to encourage restaurant owners to increase wages and improve working conditions for employees. ROC provides free training in many areas of restaurant work for restaurant workers and workers seeking employment in most of its chapters.
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in 2001 to provide support for the displaced workers, including undocumented immigrants. These workers had worked in restaurants in the WTC, including in the
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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
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