Justice for Workers

Justice for Workers

Predecessor	Fight for $15 and Fairness
Founded at	Toronto, Canada
Website	https://www.justice4workers.org/

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.

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]

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]

• Justice for Workers
• Fight for $15 and Fairness