{"id":1138,"date":"2026-04-10T16:30:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafeketab.org\/stronger-together-welcome-back-to-the-el-comite-newsletter-el-comite-de-trabajadorxs-de-restaurante\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T16:30:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:30:50","slug":"stronger-together-welcome-back-to-the-el-comite-newsletter-el-comite-de-trabajadorxs-de-restaurante","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafeketab.org\/fa\/stronger-together-welcome-back-to-the-el-comite-newsletter-el-comite-de-trabajadorxs-de-restaurante\/","title":{"rendered":"Stronger Together: Welcome Back to the El Comit\u00e9 Newsletter \u2013 El Comit\u00e9 de Trabajadorxs de Restaurante"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"#bienvenidxs-nuevamente-al-boletin-de-el-comite\">Para leer en Espa\u00f1ol, has clic aqu\u00ed<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re excited to share that El Comit\u00e9 de Trabajadorxs de Restaurante (The Restaurant Worker Committee) is restarting our newsletter! This will be a space to stay connected, build our community, and share updates from our fight for safe, dignified, and just workplaces.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, 2025 has been intense. The federal government, police, ICE, and exploitative employers continue to target our communities. These threats are serious, but so is our power. We are organized, resilient, and stronger together. Our members and allies are working hard to confront the many challenges we face. Here\u2019s a rundown of some of our work and wins over the last several months.<\/p>\n<p>Last spring, we celebrated the passage of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/comitephilly.us16.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=fbde35d09385109b0ffe73d7d&amp;id=16387c45d6&amp;e=4fa8bb76bf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>the POWER Act<\/strong>,<\/a>\u00a0a historic win for workers\u2019 rights in Philadelphia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why we\u2019re excited:\u00a0<\/strong>The POWER Act helps to protect workers from retaliation and improves their access to damages. We hope these enhanced protections will empower more workers to come forward to get the support they deserve.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What happens next:\u00a0<\/strong>This fall, we are working with partners including NDWA, the Black Worker Project, and Councilmember Kendra Brooks\u2019 office to ensure the law\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/comitephilly.us16.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=fbde35d09385109b0ffe73d7d&amp;id=c3ae1bffc8&amp;e=4fa8bb76bf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>is strategically enforced.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over the summer, our workers were out on the streets supporting other restaurant workers in building safety plans and protecting each other. With the help of other community organizations, we also brought together volunteers to canvas local businesses, educating employers about how to protect workers in case of an ICE raid. Keep an eye out for next month\u2019s newsletter, when we will share stories from these important initiatives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-greenshift-blocks-row gspb_row gspb_row-id-gsbp-164db8c\" id=\"gspb_row-id-gsbp-164db8c\">\n<div class=\"gspb_row__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-greenshift-blocks-row-column gspb_row__col--6 gspb_col-id-gsbp-69e4df0\" id=\"gspb_col-id-gsbp-69e4df0\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/unnamed-3.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/unnamed-3.webp 1024w, https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/unnamed-3-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/unnamed-3-768x576.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-greenshift-blocks-row-column gspb_row__col--6 gspb_col-id-gsbp-3510310\" id=\"gspb_col-id-gsbp-3510310\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/unnamed-2.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/unnamed-2.webp 1024w, https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/unnamed-2-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/unnamed-2-768x576.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This month, we hosted the second workshop in our Bystander Intervention training, part of our Sexual Harassment Prevention program. Participants in this worker-led workshop learn to recognize and address sexual harassment in the workplace.Through practicing assertive communication strategies, participants build skills to help them address this systemic issue and resist the normalization of sexual harassment at work. We are proud to provide our participants with childcare at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/comitephilly.us16.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=fbde35d09385109b0ffe73d7d&amp;id=bc55271e59&amp;e=4fa8bb76bf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Beehive<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0community space and delicious snacks!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Finally, we\u2019re thrilled to feature our first artist highlight! Check out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/comitephilly.us16.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=fbde35d09385109b0ffe73d7d&amp;id=fab88ede43&amp;e=4fa8bb76bf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Ojitos Mentirosos<\/strong><\/a>, a short film by local artist Julieta Zavala. From the artist:<em\/><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOjitos Mentirosos\u201d joins in on a trend that visibilizes and gives voice to the Latine working class in Philadelphia. We want to show a daily reality that often goes unnoticed: invisible labor, daily struggle, and the strength that keeps our city alive.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Julieta Zavala and her collaborators for this beautiful creation. We are grateful to have people like you creating powerful art to dignify and uplift our collective struggle!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>En solidaridad,\u2028<\/em><\/p>\n<p>El Comit\u00e9 de Trabajadorxs de Restaurante<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-palette-color-9-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-palette-color-9-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bienvenidxs-nuevamente-al-boletin-de-el-comite\"><strong>\u00a1Bienvenidxs nuevamente<\/strong> <strong>al bolet\u00edn de El Comit\u00e9!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Nos emociona compartir que el Comit\u00e9 de Trabajadorxs de Restaurantes renueva su bolet\u00edn informativo. Este ser\u00e1 un espacio para conectarnos, fortalecer nuestra comunidad y compartir novedades sobre nuestra lucha por lugares de trabajo seguros, dignos y justos.<\/p>\n<p>No hace falta decir que el 2025 ha sido un a\u00f1o intenso: el gobierno federal, la polic\u00eda, ICE y empleadorxs explotadorxs siguen atacando a nuestras comunidades. Las amenazas son graves, pero tambi\u00e9n lo es nuestro poder. Estamos organizadxs, somos resilientes y m\u00e1s fuertes juntxs. Nuestrxs miembrxs y aliadxs est\u00e1n trabajando duro para afrontar los numerosos desaf\u00edos que enfrentamos. A continuaci\u00f3n, un resumen de algunos de nuestros trabajos y logros de los \u00faltimos meses.<\/p>\n<p>La primavera pasada, celebramos la aprobaci\u00f3n de\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/comitephilly.us16.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=fbde35d09385109b0ffe73d7d&amp;id=c7366d98a0&amp;e=4fa8bb76bf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>la Ley POWER<\/strong><\/a>, una victoria hist\u00f3rica para los derechos de lxs trabajadorxs en Filadelfia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Por qu\u00e9 estamos entusiasmados:\u00a0<\/strong>La Ley POWER ayuda a proteger a los trabajadores de represalias y mejora su acceso a indemnizaci\u00f3n por da\u00f1os y perjuicios. Esperamos que estas protecciones mejoradas empoderen a m\u00e1s trabajadorxs a denunciar y obtener el apoyo que merecen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Qu\u00e9 suceder\u00e1 a continuaci\u00f3n:<\/strong>\u00a0Este oto\u00f1o, trabajaremos con aliadxs como NDWA, el Black Worker Project y la oficina de la concejal Kendra Brooks para garantizar que<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/comitephilly.us16.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=fbde35d09385109b0ffe73d7d&amp;id=80f114a786&amp;e=4fa8bb76bf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>la ley se aplique estrat\u00e9gicamente.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Durante el verano, nuestrxs trabajadorxs salieron a la calle para apoyar a otrxs trabajadorxs de restaurantes en la elaboraci\u00f3n de planes de seguridad para protegernos mutuamente. Con la ayuda de otras organizaciones comunitarias, tambi\u00e9n reunimos a voluntarixs para que hicieran campa\u00f1a en los negocios locales y educaran a lxs empleadorxs sobre c\u00f3mo proteger a lxs trabajadorxs en caso de una redada de ICE. Est\u00e9n atentos al bolet\u00edn del pr\u00f3ximo mes, donde compartiremos historias de estas emocionantes iniciativas.<\/p>\n<p>Este mes, organizamos el segundo taller de nuestra capacitaci\u00f3n sobre Intervenci\u00f3n de Espectadorxs, parte de nuestro programa de Prevenci\u00f3n del Acoso Sexual. Lxs participantes en este taller, dirigido por trabajadorxs, aprenden a reconocer y abordar el acoso sexual en el lugar de trabajo. Mediante la pr\u00e1ctica de estrategias de comunicaci\u00f3n asertiva, desarrollan habilidades que les ayudan a abordar este problema sist\u00e9mico y a resistir la normalizaci\u00f3n del acoso sexual en el trabajo. \u00a1Nos enorgullece ofrecer a nuestrxs participantes cuidado infantil en el espacio comunitario Beehive y una rica merienda!<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-greenshift-blocks-row gspb_row gspb_row-id-gsbp-3ba8604\" id=\"gspb_row-id-gsbp-3ba8604\">\n<div class=\"gspb_row__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-greenshift-blocks-row-column gspb_row__col--6 gspb_col-id-gsbp-5706ff7\" id=\"gspb_col-id-gsbp-5706ff7\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/unnamed-3.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/unnamed-3.webp 1024w, https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/unnamed-3-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/unnamed-3-768x576.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-greenshift-blocks-row-column gspb_row__col--6 gspb_col-id-gsbp-86f2770\" id=\"gspb_col-id-gsbp-86f2770\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/unnamed-2.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/unnamed-2.webp 1024w, https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/unnamed-2-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/unnamed-2-768x576.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a1Finalmente, nos emociona presentarles a nuestro primer artista destacado! No se pierdan\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/comitephilly.us16.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=fbde35d09385109b0ffe73d7d&amp;id=512ffcb13d&amp;e=4fa8bb76bf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Ojitos Mentirosos<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0un cortometraje de la artista local Julieta Zavala. De la artista:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOjitos Mentirosos\u201d se une a un trend que visibiliza y da voz a la clase trabajadora latina en Filadelfia. Queremos mostrar una realidad que a menudo pasa desapercibida: los trabajos invisibles, la lucha diaria y la fuerza que mantiene viva a la ciudad.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Gracias a\u00a0Julieta Zavala y sus colaboradorxs por esta hermosa creaci\u00f3n. \u00a1Estamos agradecidxs de contar con personas como ustedes que crean arte poderoso para dignificar y enaltecer nuestra lucha colectiva!<\/p>\n<p><em>En solidaridad,\u2028<\/em><\/p>\n<p>El Comit\u00e9 de Trabajadorxs de Restaurante<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/saferestaurantsphilly.org\/stronger-together-welcome-back-to-the-el-comite-newsletter\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Para leer en Espa\u00f1ol, has clic aqu\u00ed We\u2019re excited to share that El Comit\u00e9 de Trabajadorxs de Restaurante (The Restaurant Worker Committee) is restarting our newsletter! 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