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)…
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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.
Jake Blumgart reports this week on a post on American City.org that restaurants and hospitality providers pretty much added 20% of all new jobs in the last year… “Philadelphia lost 8,700 jobs in the last year….…
Read the PostAll Of Philly’s Recent Economic Growth In Low Waged Jobs? Yup.
What would you call it if a person went into a restaurant, took a tip off a table near them and used it to pay for a portion of their meal? It would be called “theft.”…
Read the Post#OccupyPhilly Supports The Philly Anti-Wage Theft Bill Next Tuesday!
That is the title of the panel that I will speak on this Saturday at 3 pm at the National Lawyers Guild convention in Philadelphia. We will only be a few blocks from the #OccupyPhilly protest…