ofu jayaraman is director the restaurant opportunities centers united.er latest book is titled "forked: a new standard for american dining." she is also the author of "behind the kitchen door." talk about your experience last night at the golden globes. certainly come a breakthrough night in so many ways. incredible. it was electric. it was especially moving for me to be with amy poehler because she actually worked in the restaurant industry in which i organized for many years. she experience a lot of the things that the women in our industry experienced and was able to really let the media know that there are very clear policy solutions to getting rid of harassment in our industry, which really impacts -- our industry impacts even the women in hollywood because one into americans like amy m&a celebrities work in our industry in their use. talk about what it was like in the room, the whole approach, the same #metoo. so many people wearing that. talk about something you may have watched on tv before or maybe you never did, and as well, we just heard oprah

clemente, who joined susan ,arandon, and saru jayaraman president and cofounder of the restaurant opportunities centers united who walked the red carpet with amy p poehler. all of that and d more, coming . welcomome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president trump is demanding a slew of anti-immigrant measures, including $18 billion for his border wall in exchange for legal protections for young undocumented immigrants known as dreamers. in total, trump is demanding $33 billion over a decade to fund the expansion of the militarized border wall and to hire 10,000 additional immigration agents. trump is alslso demanding fededl grants be withheld from so-called sanctuary cities. in exchange, trump proposes congressss authorize some protections for nearly 800,000 young g undocumented immigrants who had been protected under daca -- that's deferred action for childhood arrivals -- before trump rescinded the obama-era policy late last year. immigrant rights groups and democratic lawmakers have slammed trump for trying to use the dreamers' in order to win his far-

subject under-reported angle of the story is diana ramirez deputy co-director of the restaurant opportunities center united diana thank you for being here or having me ok so what is it what sector of the hospitality industry is the most that's impacted by sexual harassment at the restaurant opportunities center we've done a lot of research on this and we found that it is a fact the restaurant industry because of the sub minimum wage for tech workers so employers can opt to pay their tipped employees as little as two thirteen an hour the federal level and have the tips make up the difference to bring them to their regular minimum wage and so because of that two tiered wage system to poor curse have to put up with the whims of customers because the customers are paying their wages not the employer and it's crazy circumstance where people get paid to thirteen and then they don't get tipped as what usually happens so that's. been through those unfortunate and silly debates quite frankly so when you talk about sexual harassment what type of economic impact does this create for the hospitality industry we

. >> good afternoon, i'm also here on behalf of the restaurant opportunity center, and here to voice my support for the good food purchasing program and all of its values because of how holistic they are and particularly the valued workforce component. at rock the bay we believe that ensure safety of the food, we must ensure the safety of the workers. and as we all know, workers are ones that run the food system and that's right hand that feeds. we're excited that labor is a component of the policy and are excited to voice our support. thank you. >> good morning, i'm also here with the russian opportunity center our focus is worker advocacy and we here complaints and abuse of the food service workers in this area of the country. so i think supporting the good food purchasing program is essential because they focus on the safe and healthy working conditions of our food service workers. thank you. >> good morning, i'm albert, i'm from born and raised in mission value, native san franciscan. i've been over in the southeast district all my life. i'm here to speak to the public safety and

amy poehler's guest was saru jajayaraman, president of restaurant opportunities center.mma watson brought marai larasi, executive director of the british anti-violence group imkaan. laura dern attended with monica ramirez, president of the national farmworker women's alliance. and michelle williams walked the red carpet with #metoo movement founder tarana burke. this is michelle williams, who was nominated for best actress in a motion picture drama, speaking with ryan seacrest on the red carpet before the ceremony. >> we're here because of tarana. taranaeree because started a movement and she played to deceive years ago and it caught fire. she started the etoooo movement. i thought i would have to raise my daughter to learn t to have o dangerousurself in a world. i think becauause of the work tt she has done in the work i'm learning how to do, we actually have the opporortunity to hand r children a different world. i am moved beyond measure to be standing next to this woman. i have tears in my eyes and aa smile on my face. amy: that was michelle williams, speaking on the

so i'm working with restaurant opportunity centers united. any go happy birthday.ooking forward to, despite the fact you said this is your last act, and looking for to the next one. >> ok. i'm looking for to your next act, too. thanks, amy. amy: that is jane fonda, political activist, feminist, two-time academy award-winning actress. the new film about her is called "jane fonda in five acts." we will be back with common. ♪ [music break] amy: "the day women took over" by common. we are broadcasting from park city, utah, at the sundance film festival. the musician common is aiming to win his second academy award for best song. thisis time for "stand up for something" from the film "marshall" about thurgood marshall. common is also starring in "the tale," a film about child sexual abuse. well, on saturday, common appeared at the respect rally here in park city and d shared a couple of verses from one of his songs. >> the day women took over, let it continue now women get paid as much as men do dr. angelou's lookin' from heaven's window tellin' young girls phenomenal w

we went to michigan to work at restaurant opportunity centers united. >> didn't you do a video, as welle did. >> and you're drawing attention to it. >> and governor cuomo has announced he's going to bring one fair state. if he can do that, that's going to be a huge win for restaurant workers and for the times up movement. the states that have one fair wage, sexual assault and abuse is cut in half. >> we know you as activists. you decided this is an issue you care a lot about. i was thinking, if you go back to "9 to 5," you've been at it a long time. how does it feel to be in this moment, where it feels like we're at a cusp of a real change. >> tipping point. this is a move menovement, not ud of it. >> do you feel the sea change? >> i'm so enwrapped in your ch >> you guys are real friends on and off camera, right? >> sometimes. >> how long have youother? >> oh, my god. a long time. >> what did you say? i missed that. >> never mind. >> we don't need to hear that. >> it slipped. >> oh, boy. >> now, we're getting into it. >> who are you? megyn kelly? >> oh, that's right. i forgot she was th