I was working as expediter and as a server at a restaurant that had just opened before Covid-19 began. With the closing, they started doing take out and then finally limited outdoor seating. I was asked to come back but felt very uncomfortable as an immunocompromised person. I’m lucky enough that my management understood, however I am one of the 40% of people who do not qualify for unemployment and I have been struggling to get by.
What is OFW?
One Fair Wage is a national coalition,
campaign and organization seeking to
end all subminimum wages in
the United States and increase
the sustainability of wages
and working conditions in the service
sector.
Waging Change
Check out two new documentary films
featuring our work - Waging Change,
created by Peabody award winning
documentary filmmaker Abby Ginzburg,
and The Great American Lie, created by
First Partner of California Jennifer Siebel
Newsom.
In partnership with
One Billion Rising / V-Day Coalition
and Artist Paul Leibow, we created
Elena the Essential Service Worker,
a 24 ft. art statue appearing in multiple
cities. She is Elena the Essential Voter,
Worker and American demanding
fair pay, respect, and fair elections.
Elena the Essential Worker
Make a Contribution
The success of our campaign depends on raising the funds necessary to win the fight One Fair Wage. Nobody deserves to make a subminimum wage. Help us Get rid of the two tiered wage system and fight to make sure all workers are paid One Fair Wage. We can only do this with your help. Our success depends on you.
Worker Stories
One Fair Wage is a national coalition, campaign, and organization seeking to end all subminimum wages in the United States and increase the sustainability of wages and working conditions in the service sector. One Fair Wage policy would require all employers to pay the full minimum wage with fair, non-discriminatory tips on top, that would lift millions of tipped and subminimum wage workers nationally out of poverty.