Saru Jayaraman

Co-Founder & President of One Fair Wage: Author of "One Fair Wage," "Forked" & "Behind the Kitchen Door"

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Saru Jayaraman Biography

Saru Jayaraman is the President and Co-Founder of One Fair Wage (OFW), a national organization, campaign and coalition fighting for a full, fair minimum wage for every person who works in America, with tips being a supplement on top of wages rather than the wage itself.

She is also the Director of the Food Labor Research Center at University of California, Berkeley and Co-Founder of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United). After 9/11, together with displaced World Trade Center workers, she co-founded ROC United initially as a workers' relief center, but eventually grew to become a national organization that works to improve wages and working conditions for the nation's nearly 14 million restaurant workers.

Jayaraman is a graduate of Yale Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. She was listed in CNN’s “Top10 Visionary Women” and recognized as a Champion of Change by the White House in 2014, and a James Beard Foundation Leadership Award in 2015. Jayaraman authored "Behind the Kitchen Door," a national bestseller, "Forked: A New Standard for American Dining," and "One Fair Wage."

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 04/29/2025.

Saru Jayaraman Videos

  • Saru Jayaraman – The Great Revolution: What A Worker Power
    Saru Jayaraman President of One Fair Wage Director of the Food Labor Research Center at UC Berkeley.
  • Charting the Course: In Conversation with Saru Jayaraman
    On October 18 Saru Jayaraman president of One Fair Wage and Fanta NGom Director Business and Human Rights at Robert F. Kennedy.
  • Behind the kitchen door | Saru Jayaraman | TEDxManhattan
    Saru Jayaraman is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United).

Saru Jayaraman Books

  • One Fair Wage: Ending Subminimum Pay in America
    One Fair Wage: Ending Subminimum Pay in America
  • Forked: A New Standard for American Dining
    Forked: A New Standard for American Dining
  • Behind The Kitchen Door
    Behind The Kitchen Door

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