Restaurant Opportunities Center of the Bay Area (ROC-The Bay)

The Restaurant Opportunities Center of the Bay Area (ROC-The Bay) is an affiliate worker center of ROC-United that was founded in 2013 in Oakland, California. Our mission is to promote and ensure a just + dignified workplace in restaurants throughout the Bay Area and to build a strong and unified community of restaurant workers. We are also committed to transforming the Bay Area’s restaurant industry by eliminating exploitative practices, narrowing the racial and gender pay gap, and addressing discrimination based on race, class, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, immigration status, age, ability and ethnicity.