Currently, workers in fast food and minimum wage jobs are seeking respect and increased wages as this is a sector of the food industry that is underrepresented by unions. As the cost of living rises in cities nationwide and the government subsidizes low-paid employees with welfare funds, organizations like Real Food Real Workers and Fight for $15 are calling for an increase in the minimum wage, particularly for food workers. Similar to food workers at UNC Chapel Hill, many minimum wage workers in the fast food industry are women and minorities, sectors of the workforce already marginalized by wage inequality. The Fight for 15 movement recently gained momentum by raising the minimum wage to $15 in California, New York, Seattle and the District of Columbia, and this year Arizona, Colorado, Maine and Washington also voted to raise the minimum wage. In the 21 states where the minimum wage is still low, at $7.25, the movement to raise the minimum wage should partner with other non-union organizations such as women's rights organizations and BSM-like organizations, including mass participation in solidarity with colleges. campus, to make a substantive statement about their work