This $15/hr business has very little to do with giving minimum wage earners a bigger take-home check.
It has everything to do with the unions increasing their payroll deduction deposits each month. The increased wages will be eaten up by paying union dues, health premiums,fewer working hrs, and even loss of their jobs.
But the grand goal is to increase union pay that is above minimum wage since many, if not most, are tied to the minimum wage.
The entry wage earners are being played as suckers.
To understand what is really going on, you have to understand the union exemption.
Non-union companies have to pay $15/hour. Union companies can pay less.
“But the grand goal is to increase union pay that is above minimum wage since many, if not most, are tied to the minimum wage.”
What is interesting is that the unions are in many cases exempt from new min wage laws thus allowing the unions to bid lower than the non-union section.