According to Fight for $15 LA, a group fighting for the rights of fast-food workers, Burger King employees went on strike after Gomez's death.

"BK denied Angela died of COVID, despite having symptoms," the group wrote on Twitter. "BK blamed Angela’s death on hormone injections without evidence."

BREAKING: @BurgerKing workers are ON STRIKE after Angela Martinez Gómez, a trans co-worker, died after working with COVID-19 symptoms

BK denied Angela died of COVID, despite having symptoms.

BK blamed Angela’s death on hormone injections without evidence.
#TransLivesMatter
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— Fight for $15 LA (@Fightfor15LA) July 10, 2020

Angela Martinez Gómez

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