CWA Organizing: ROC CWA

Dan Gross, President TNG of Greater Philadelphia/CWA Local 38010 Reports:

January 24 the Newspaper Guild of Greater Philadelphia/Communications Workers of America Local 38010 won a historic election at the Philadelphia office of the National Labor Relations Board. By unanimous mail ballot vote, 9-0, the Guild was certified as the exclusive bargaining agent for all 22 Restaurant Opportunities Centers coordinators in Philadelphia, New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Miami.

The Restaurant Opportunities Centers coordinators train back of the house restaurant staff such as cooks and dishwashers to become front of the house employees such as servers, bartenders or hosts, and also fight for better working conditions for the restaurant employees whom they train. For more info on ROC, please visit RocUnited.org. Through the hard work of Guild Executive Director Bill Ross, Office Administrator Rita Dooling and Guild counsel Neal Goldstein, the effort was a success.