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Notions of decline dominate scholarship on workers in the contemporary U.S. Labor has been pictured as “flat on its back,” framed by a narrative of loss that is linked to the long fall in union density. Through a detailed examination of the Fight for $15 campaign, this article challenges this narrative. Launched in 2012, within four years the labor-based drive had won over $68 billion in increased pay, helping some 22 million workers. By 2021, eight states plus the District of Columbia had pledged to increase their hourly minimum wage to $15 or more, as had numerous cities and leading corporations, including Amazon, Target, and Wal-Mart. The $15 wage had also been awarded to all 390,000 federal contractors. Moving beyond the emphasis on density, the article views Fight for $15 in the broader context of labor’s advocacy for  all  workers. While often pictured as new, Fight for $15 drew on long-term precedents, including growing income inequality, increasing links between unions and community groups, the steady growth of the Service Employees International Union – the campaign’s key backer - and extensive groundwork by organized labor. Overall, Fight for $15 demonstrates that workers still had clout, both at the grassroots and national level.

A defining battle: the fight for $15 campaign and labor advocacy in the U.S