Take a stand.
Then Take a Bow.
The applause was heard around the world.
In 2025, the Good Fight Prize Jury considered a remarkable field of campaigns. Different issues, different strategies, different parts of the movement but all connected by a shared vision of decent work for all. Taken together, the nominations reminded us there is no single playbook for a good fight. Many voices and strategies deliver the wins, and turn the losses and draws into progress.
Led by the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care, Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario, and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario.
The Worth More! campaign unites frontline early childhood educators and child care workers, employers, unions, families, and allies to demand fair wages and decent work under the $10aDay child care plan in Ontario. The campaign has organized and mobilized thousands of supporters and helped raise the floor of ECEs’ wages by nearly $5 per hour with annual increases, while advancing calls for a funded wage grid, benefits, and pensions in child care.
Learn more about The Worth More! Campaign for Child Care Workers.
The Investors for a Fair Economy Campaign
Led by the Shareholder Association for Research & Education (SHARE), in partnership with over 47 Ontario foundations, pension plans, Indigenous trusts, family offices, and religious institutions.
SHARE’s Investors for a Fair Economy initiative mobilizes institutional investors – foundations, pension plans, Indigenous trusts, family offices, universities and religious institutions – to use investor power in support of workers’ rights. The initiative has helped to secure landmark corporate commitments on labour rights, racial equity, and workplace safety at major employers, and was instrumental in advancing Canada’s Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act, demonstrating that capital can be a force for decent work and justice.
Learn more about The Investors for a Fair Economy Campaign.
The Youth Climate Corps Campaign
Led by the Climate Emergency Unit, Climate Action Network, and the Small Change Fund.
The Youth Climate Corps campaign mobilizes young people across Canada to demand a bold federal jobs program guaranteeing living-wage, unionized work in the green economy. YCC reframes climate action as a jobs strategy for a just transition – one that creates long-term career pathways in renewable energy, building retrofits, ecosystem restoration, emergency response, and community aid. The campaign has achieved significant political traction: after earning cross-party support and a House of Commons motion, YCC secured a two-year, $40-million federal pilot in Budget 2025 – the first step toward a national permanent public jobs program.
Learn more about The Youth Climate Corps Campaign.
The Worth More! Campaign for Child Care Workers
2025 Winner
Led by the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care, Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario, and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario.
The Worth More! campaign unites frontline early childhood educators and child care workers, employers, unions, families, and allies to demand fair wages and decent work under the $10aDay child care plan in Ontario. The campaign has organized and mobilized thousands of supporters and helped raise the floor of ECEs’ wages by nearly $5 per hour with annual increases, while advancing calls for a funded wage grid, benefits, and pensions in child care.
Learn more about The Worth More! Campaign for Child Care Workers.
The Investors for a Fair Economy Campaign – Finalist
Led by the Shareholder Association for Research & Education (SHARE), in partnership with over 47 Ontario foundations, pension plans, Indigenous trusts, family offices, and religious institutions.
SHARE’s Investors for a Fair Economy initiative mobilizes institutional investors – foundations, pension plans, Indigenous trusts, family offices, universities and religious institutions – to use investor power in support of workers’ rights. The initiative has helped to secure landmark corporate commitments on labour rights, racial equity, and workplace safety at major employers, and was instrumental in advancing Canada’s Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act, demonstrating that capital can be a force for decent work and justice.
Learn more about The Investors for a Fair Economy Campaign.
The Youth Climate Corps Campaign – Finalist
Led by the Climate Emergency Unit, Climate Action Network, and the Small Change Fund.
The Youth Climate Corps campaign mobilizes young people across Canada to demand a bold federal jobs program guaranteeing living-wage, unionized work in the green economy. YCC reframes climate action as a jobs strategy for a just transition – one that creates long-term career pathways in renewable energy, building retrofits, ecosystem restoration, emergency response, and community aid. The campaign has achieved significant political traction: after earning cross-party support and a House of Commons motion, YCC secured a two-year, $40-million federal pilot in Budget 2025 – the first step toward a national permanent public jobs program.
Learn more about The Youth Climate Corps Campaign.
“We made a choice to build a campaign that treated early childhood educators’ talents that are often overlooked and undervalued — care, connection, play and parachute games, silliness and storytime — as important skills in political advocacy.”
Carolyn Ferns
The Worth More! Campaign for Child Care Workers