Saru Jayaraman

Saru Jayaraman is President of One Fair Wage & Director of the Food Labor Research Center at University of California, Berkeley.

Latest from Saru Jayaraman

Op-Ed

Economy & Labor

Restaurant Workers Say They Won’t Return to Work Without a Living Wage

Food service workers have called a national wage strike this week to draw attention to the industry’s poverty wages.

by: Saru Jayaraman,; Truthout

May 24, 2021

Economy & Labor

Whether Waiting Tables or Harvesting Food, Fair Labor Is Still About Civil Rights

Standing up to harassment at work is a choice between earning enough tips to put food on their tables or not.

by: Saru Jayaraman &; Devan Shea,; YES! Magazine

April 13, 2018

News Analysis

Economy & Labor

It’s Been 25 Years Since Restaurant Workers Got a Raise

April 1 marked the 25th year the federal tipped minimum wage has been frozen at an abysmal $2.13 per hour.

by: Saru Jayaraman,; TalkPoverty.org

April 4, 2016

Op-Ed

The Other NRA

The powerful National Restaurant Association does all it can to assure that industry wages are kept so low many workers rely on public assistance and that paid sick…

by: Saru Jayaraman,; Truthout

May 8, 2014