Justice for Workers

Justice for Workers: Decent Work for All (previously Fight for $15 and Fairness) is a Canadian campaign and movement focused on the rights and remuneration of low-wage workers.

Justice for Workers
PredecessorFight for $15 and Fairness
Founded atToronto, Canada
Websitehttps://www.justice4workers.org/

History

The Fight for $15 and Fairness campaign was launched in the spring of 2015, following the Fight for $15 campaign launch in the US in 2012.[1] Initially the campaign focused on the unmet needs of low-wage workers in precarious employment in Ontario.[1] In April 2015, the campaign organized Ontario-wide demonstrations.[2]

After the passing of the Making Ontario Open for Business Act, 2018 reduced the Ontario Government's commitment to minimum wage, protesting continued on a smaller scale.[3]

During 2020 and 2021, the campaign's activates expanded into Nova Scotia[4] and Newfoundland and Labrador.[5]

The "Justice for Workers" campaign was launched on May 1, 2021,[6] as the next phase of the Ontario-wide campaign for decent work. The campaign aims to improve the working conditions of low-wage and precarious workers across Ontario. The campaign was created in response to the harsh realities of working conditions exposed by the pandemic. To achieve this, the campaign demands a $20-per-hour minimum wage, 10 permanent paid sick days, equal pay for equal work, permanent resident status for all and much more. [7]

Impact

The campaign has "terrified" Restaurant Brands International, the owners of Tim Hortons,[8] and the campaign was credited with the inclusion of a $15 federal minimum wage in the 2021 Canadian federal budget.[9]

References
  1. Bush, David, and Rawan Abdelbaki. "Fight for $15 and Fairness." Global Labour Research Centre (2016): 1-7.
  2. "Minimum wage protests held in Ontario and across North America | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  3. "The Fight for $15 and Fairness far from over for some". BarrieToday.com. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  4. Cooke, Alex (11 Mar 2021). "N.S. to review minimum wage approach as advocates decry 'laughable' increase". CBC.
  5. "Is a $15 minimum wage bad for business in N.L.? Depends who you ask". CBC. 19 Feb 2020.
  6. "We're building an even bolder vision for decent work!".
  7. "Join the Movement".
  8. "Canadians Don't Want to Work at Tim Hortons". jacobinmag.com. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  9. "Justin Trudeau's New Budget Isn't Really a Break With Austerity". jacobinmag.com. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
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