HOTROC Mission Statement

HOTROC, the Hospitality, Hotels, and Restaurants Organizing Council, is the name of the campaign to bring dignity and respect to the 16,000 New Orleans area workers who clean the rooms, make the food, and wait the tables in this region's fastest growing industry. HOTROC is a cooperative campaign combining the efforts of three local unions and their national organizations: the Service Employees International Union, the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees, and the International Union of Operating Engineers. Major Support for HOTROC comes from the national labor movement in the form of resources from the AFL-CIO, the national labor federation. The Crusade for Justice came together in early 1998 as a working people's support organization made up of religious and community leaders. In recent months, the Crusade has worked closely with HOTROC to build a citywide campaign to pressure area hotels to stop violating worker's rights.