OFW Comms 5/19/23 OFW Comms 5/19/23

The Washington, DC Consumers’ Guide to I-82 And Service Charges

With the passage of Initiative 82, Washington D.C. has made a historicmove away from a business model built on the legacy of slavery, that has allowed a workforce that is overwhelmingly women and disproportionately women of color to continue to receive a subminimum wage 150 years since Emancipation.

OFW Comms 5/18/23 OFW Comms 5/18/23

The National Restaurant Association’s Leading Role in Weakening Child Labor Laws

The National Restaurant Association was founded in 1919 with the express purpose of suppressing food workers’ wages, both in the agricultural and restaurant sector, and especially to maintain the subminimum wage for tipped workers. After Emancipation, the NRA sought to hire newly-freed Black people, not pay them, and force them to live on tips.

OFW Comms 5/1/23 OFW Comms 5/1/23

Small Business Restaurants Succeed With One Fair Wage: A California & Maryland Comparative Analysis

Small business restaurants in Maryland are struggling to find staff in what is currently the worst staffing crisis in the industry’s history. Nearly 100 small business restaurants in Maryland have raised wages for tipped workers in order to recruit staff, and many of these restaurants have joined forces with workers calling for Maryland lawmakers to pass pending policy to end the subminimum wage for tipped workers at the state and county level.

OFW Comms 4/7/23 OFW Comms 4/7/23

Small Business Restaurants Succeed With One Fair Wage: A California & New York Comparative Analysis

Small business restaurants in New York are struggling to find staff in what is currently the worst staffing crisis in the industry’s history. Over 500 small business restaurants in New York have raised wages for tipped workers in order to recruit staff, and over 100 restaurants have joined forces with workers calling for the New York State legislature to pass pending policy to end the subminimum wage for tipped workers.

OFW Comms 3/30/23 OFW Comms 3/30/23

Stop Leaving Us Out: 73 Years of New York State Minimum Wage Increases Excluding Women – Especially Women of Color.

OFW Comms 2/1/23 OFW Comms 2/1/23

Will Work for Fair Wages: Illinois

OFW Illinois report

OFW Comms 1/26/23 OFW Comms 1/26/23

The National Restaurant Association’s Donations to Members of the 118th United States Congress

OFW Comms 1/12/23 OFW Comms 1/12/23

Ending Legacy of Slavery and Addressing Maryland’s Restaurant Staffing Crisis

10/28/22 10/28/22

OFW Making History: Winning One Fair Wage in Washington D.C.

With Initiative 82 being on the ballot this midterm in Washington DC, this report outlines the benefits of implementing One Fair Wage. It examines government data and private company reports to compare Washington D.C. to three cities in states that already require One Fair Wage — Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle.

10/12/22 10/12/22

Dine Back Better Portland

The National Restaurant Association was founded in 1919 to suppress workers’ wages and maintain the subminimum wage for tipped workers, and with a$50,000 contribution, is the current major funder of the opposition’s misinformation campaign against wage increases in Portland.

9/26/22 9/26/22

Intentional Inequality Illinois

Intentional Inequality IllinoisSeptember 21, 2022 is Black Women's Equal Pay Day. This date represents the approximate time a Black woman must work into the new year to make the same amount that a white man made the previous year. The restaurant industry is no exception.

9/21/22 9/21/22

Intentional Inequality

Intentional InequalitySeptember 21, 2022 is Black Women's Equal Pay Day. This date represents the approximate time a Black woman must work into the new year to make the same amount that a white man made the previous year. The restaurant industry is no exception.