Minimum Wage Raise

[scaeagles]

This goes way beyond a minimum wage increase, however. Why do unions so heavily support raising the minimum wage? How many union members actually make minimum wage? I'd be willing to bet that would be next to none.

The game in union negotiations is based on indexing wages against skilled and unskilled workers. Who makes minimum wage? Unskilled workers. WEhen union contracts come up, and the unions are able to say "look - unskilled workers just got a 36% raise", negotiations are going to be hell for management.

Raising the minimum wage goes far beyond what minimum wage earners make, and far beyond what the cost of a Big Mac is going to be.