Janet Routledge knows that when someone tries to bully you, you need to stand together, and fight back. She has spent her lifetime organizing working people to stand up for each other. She served members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada for three decades, helping them achieve better wages and working conditions, and she played a pivotal role in winning pay equity in the federal public service.

As Parliamentary Secretary for Labour, she played a leadership role in legislating employment rights for gig workers.