Fast-food workers in the Raleigh-Durham area will participate in a walkout today as part of a 100-city strike wave. 

The Workers are demanding a minimum wage of $15 an hour and the right to form a union without retaliation from their employer. 

Workers participating in the strike include employees of McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s and KFC. Members of area churches, elected officials and community supporters are also planning to attend the strike. 

According to a press release, the fast-food industry is recording record profits, though the workers low wages are forcing them to rely on government assistance that costs taxpayers $7 billion a year. 

 The Raleigh-Durham area is home to 22,240 fast food workers who make a median of $8.57 an hour. However, a single parent with one child must make $20.07 an hour working full time  in order to afford the basics, according to research by a professor at MIT.

Strikes will also occur today in Boston, Chicago, Denver, Hartford, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Oakland and Tampa. 

This strike will be the latest in a reoccurring series of walkouts and protests by workers across the country.