The Portland Restaurant Workers Association (PRWA) is a community group of workers committed to promoting Solidarity, Support, & Education among food service workers in our city.
Know Your Rights!
Researched, written, and published by restaurant workers in the PRWA, Know Your Rights!: A Restaurant Worker’s Survival Guide is a concise but comprehensive summary of restaurant workers’ rights in Oregon. Our 2nd edition, published in July 2009, is a dual language edition with the information in both English and Spanish. To pick up your copy today, visit Where to Get Know Your Rights! to find a list of locations carrying the pamphlet.
Dishing It Out
Dishing It Out is the PRWA’s blog covering local topics within the restaurant worker community. Our city, our industry, our stories. Email story leads to dishingitout@pdxrwa.org.
Workers Stand Up Against Wage Theft in Portland
by William Pilgrim
12/11/09Newly opened restaurant Toast and Pho denies former workers past wages. Restaurant owners Tan Vo and Titi Nguyen of the newly opened Toast and Pho, 101 NW 21st Ave, have been accused of denying an estimated $8,000 in back wages to former employees Teresa Nguyen (no relation), Pedro Rendon, and former General Manager Frank Clow. Toast and Pho opened November 1st, 2009.[Read Full Article]
Calling All Restaurant Workers
We’ve launched a Workplace Advice blog. Have questions or concerns about potential rights violations? Visit our Workplace Advice page to submit your questions and see our responses.
Have Questions? Need Help?
If you have questions about your rights or have questions about what you can do when your rights are violated, please email us at contact@pdxrwa.org.
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