Help for Restaurant & Service Workers
If you've been underpaid, harassed, fired for organizing, or you need training to move up — we have a service for you. Pick the one that fits.
Worker Rights Info & Referrals
Information about your workplace rights, plus referrals to partner organizations and pro bono attorneys who handle wage-and-hour, harassment, retaliation, and tip-pooling cases. Information and referrals, not direct representation.
Read more →English For Restaurant and Service Workers
Restaurant work runs on English — and so does moving up to higher-paying positions. OFW runs free English-language classes designed for restaurant and service workers.
Enroll →Just Safe Food Certification
Low-cost food-handler training and certification through OFW’s Just Safe Food program. Get the credential you need, on your schedule, in your language.
Get certified →Job Board
Open positions at the 1,000 RAISE High Road Restaurants in the OFW network — restaurants that already pay a full wage with tips on top.
See openings →Other Services
Bartending classes. Resume help. Professional photographer headshots. Leadership and fellowship programs.
Email us →What You Get When You Join
300,000 workers strong. Membership is free, and every service above is open to members. Joining adds these.
Advocacy
Add your voice to state campaigns from California to New York. Testify in Albany, Sacramento, Springfield, and Annapolis. Part of the national Living Wage For All coalition.
Leadership & Fellowship
The worker-leader pipeline that has produced state directors, organizers, and elected officials. Training, coaching, and a platform for your story.
Community
300,000 restaurant and service workers in your corner. Local member meetings, regional networks, national connection.
Know your rights
Most restaurant workers are owed something they don't know they're owed. Tipped workers, in particular, are often paid the wrong way, denied breaks, or steered into illegal tip pools.
If your boss is doing any of this, you may have a claim
- Paying you less than the local minimum wage when your tips don't make up the difference
- Taking a cut of your tips, or forcing you to share tips with management or kitchen staff in jurisdictions that prohibit it
- Making you work off the clock — setup, cleanup, side work — without pay
- Retaliating against you for asking about pay, talking to coworkers about pay, or trying to organize
- Refusing reasonable accommodations or breaks required by state law
- Tolerating harassment from customers, coworkers, or managers
What OFW can do
We are not a government agency and we are not a law firm. One Fair Wage runs trainings on your rights as a service worker, provides information about those rights, and refers you to partner organizations and pro bono attorneys in our target states. Information and referrals, not direct representation. Reach out and tell us what happened.
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