Ben Wilkins is the director of the Union of Southern Service Workers, a cross-sector union of service workers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. He has been an organizer in racial justice and labor struggles for over 20 years across the south and midwest. As an organizer with a healthcare workers union local in Michigan, he led campaigns among hospital and nursing home workers. He was also a key part of the Fight for $15 movement, organizing low wage workers across the U.S. South from his home base in North Carolina. He is the editor of Anne Braden Speaks: Selected Writings and Speeches, 1947-1999.