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This year RankandFile.ca has published a number of stories about the burgeoning Fight for 15 movement in Canada. The campaign has spread to three provinces, while the movement in the United States is growing. By connecting unionized and non-unionized workers in a common struggle the Fight for 15 has the potential to revamp the labour movement. The Fight for 15’s creative energy is allowing whole sections of the working class who have only been sparsely involved in the labour movement (retail workers, precarious workers, temp workers) to participate and organize for change. So today to honour and celebrate the Fight for 15 we collected a number of stories and videos about the movement across the United States and Canada. We have also included links about how to get involved.
The Fight for 15 in Canada
Workers in Nova Scotia Fight to Raise the Minimum Wage by Shay Enxuga
BC’s Fight for 15: Broadening the tent of labour by Crystal Warner
BC takes up the minimum wage fight by Tara Ehrcke
Building working class solidarity: The fight for $15 by Pam Frache
Tomorrow, Canadian workers are joining global action: The fight for $15 minimum wage by Ella Bedard
Raise the floor, overhaul Ontario’s ESA by David Bush
The Case for Increasing the Minimum Wage by David A. Green
The Fight for 15 in the United States
Fight for 15 Inspires Bold Demands by Sonia Singh
The fight for 15 and beyond by Trish Kahle
The Fight for $15 Shakes Awake the U.S. Labor Movement by Shamus Cooke
Fast-food striker: ‘I hope my daughter knows I’m doing this for her’ by Douglas Hunter
Fed Up: Women Fast-Food Workers Fight Back by Michelle Chen
The political economy of low-wage labor by Trish Kahle
Growing Movement for $15 by Yannet Lathrop, Paul K. Sonn and Irene Tung
The Emerging Coalition Unifying Black Lives Matter, LGBT Equality, and the Fight for a Living Wage by Ian Reifowitz
Opportunities Present for “Labor Left” in Walmart and Fast Food Fights by Ryan Hill
Ferguson and the Fight for 15 by Gabriel T. Rubin
How Seattle won $15 by Philip Locker
Workers Say the Fight for 15 Isn’t Just About Raises—It’s a Fight for Meaning in Their Lives by David Moberg
Strong Voice in ‘Fight for 15’ Fast-Food Wage Campaign by Steven Greenhouse
How to get involved
In the United States and elsewhere
Videos
Unions and the Fight for $15: Nicole Grant, Seattle
Unions and the Fight for $15: Nicole Grant, Seattle from Jan Haaken on Vimeo.
Fight for 15 campaign
We won $15 in Seattle – Let’s Spread the Movement Nationally!