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]

In January 2022, the Ontario government raised minimum wage to $15[6] and in 2022, the campaign rebranded as Justice for Workers[7] and (referencing the increased costs of living) started campaigning for a $20-per-hour minimum wage.[8]

Impact

The campaign has "terrified" Restaurant Brands International, the owners of Tim Hortons,[9] and the campaign was credited with the inclusion of a $15 federal minimum wage in the 2021 Canadian federal budget.[10]

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. 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. "Preparing for the upcoming election through a labour lens". Downsview Advocate. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  7. "A growing city with growing unaffordability: How Halifax's cost of living is 'affecting everyone' | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  8. "Toronto workers demand more than the bare minimum". NOW Magazine. 2022-01-27. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  9. "Canadians Don't Want to Work at Tim Hortons". jacobinmag.com. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  10. "Justin Trudeau's New Budget Isn't Really a Break With Austerity". jacobinmag.com. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
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