The Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC) is a labor union front group disguised as a restaurant industry employment center and watchdog. ROC’s tactics have been compared to mob-style shakedowns; often employing intimidation and outright extortion in an effort to force restaurants into submission. Continue reading →
May 21, 2013
Memo to Congress: ROC Should Be Investigated Alongside IRS
Today, ROC Exposed reached out to Hill staffers of the committees and Congressmen who are currently investigating the IRS. In the memo, we explain how the government entity should have spent less time targeting conservative groups, and more time investigating … Continue reading
May 14, 2013
Arrested: Former ROC Coordinator
ROC is no stranger to skirting the law. It avoids labor law by operating as a “worker center,” failed to report its lobbying activities to the IRS, and has been sued by its employees for failing to pay them the … Continue reading
May 13, 2013
ROC Cares About Small Businesses, Except When It Doesn’t
Following the New York City Council’s passage of a paid leave mandate last week, ROC was quick to express its displeasure that the measure didn’t burden employers enough. In particular, the labor union front group wanted the paid leave mandate … Continue reading
May 10, 2013
At Risk: ROC’s Credibility With Its Most Generous Funders
In light of a new report detailing ROC’s violations of IRS requirements to report lobbying activities, ROC Exposed has written an open letter to the Ford Foundation asking it to audit ROC’s actions and withdraw its significant financial support of the … Continue reading
May 7, 2013
Saru’s Talking Points Deflated By Her Own Ally
ROC cofounder Saru Jayaraman recently appeared on an NPR affiliate in San Francisco to further (self) promote her book and demonize restaurants. Jayaraman trotted out her typical false talking points about how restaurant workers “earn poverty wages.” Lacking any restaurant … Continue reading
