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Dear Councilman James Kenney, I am a server at a busy restaurant in Center City Philadelphia, and I am a volunteer with the Restaurant Opportunities Center. I want to thank you for supporting Philadelphia’s restaurant…
Read the PostLetter from a Restaurant Worker to Councilman Kenney
. Here is a quick econ 101 lesson for our city’s elected officials who keep wrongly claiming that Earned Sick Leave is going to drive businesses out of town. Yesterday, Councilman David Oh claimed “The issue…
Read the PostHow Green, Nutter and Oh Got The Econ Wrong On Earned Sick Time
Jasmine Rivera and I got a chance to speak with Councilman Mark Squilla at a school rally in South Philly yesterday about the Earned Sick Leave bill. At this point it is clear to me that…
Read the PostCouncilman Mark Squilla on consumers eating food infected by workers- Let Them Eat Cake
Thursday was the first day of business for Philadelphia City Council and it also signaled the opening bell in the fight to pass an “Earned Sick Leave” bill. The Restaurant Opportunities Center of Philadelphia (Philly ROC)…
I am so proud of this video that features a friend of mine, Victoria Bruton. Victoria has been a server in the restaurant industry for more than 20 years. In this video she tells how she…
Read the PostPhiladelphia server, Victoria Bruton, speaks out about the sub-minimum wage.
ROC issued this great video about paid sick leave just a few days before yesterday’s Business Roundtable in City Hall. As Randy Lobasso puts it in his Philly Weekly blog post, Councilman At-Large William Greenlee- noted…
Read the PostThe Up Coming Fight- Earned Sick Leave Drops In Jan 2013
