Yep, like the price of everything going up, so the employers can still make a profit. . They make $15 an hour, the price of a Big Mac goes up to $7.50 for profit.
People like DH get screwed because they don't raise the middle class wages to compensate for the rise in cost of living. So, we can no longer afford to go buy that Big Mac.
Less hours available, which means smaller work schedules or less employees. Those who were fighting for that wage hike now have to work 2 or 3 jobs again, or keep getting public assistance, because there aren't enough hours for F/T, or the employer refuses to put anyone on F/T to avoid the insurance and OT issues.
And I won't even go into the people that really don't want to work, but only do so for short periods of time so that they can keep those benefits which pay out more; they take the place of people that truly want to work, cost time and money to train, and then they quit or doing things to get fired as soon as they can.
All raising the wage to $15 does is screw everyone who doesn't work in the those jobs.
FTR: I worked at McDonalds. I worked there in high school, making minimum wage for the first 2 months. Then I got a raise because I busted my behind. I would go in at 5am, make the biscuits for the day(if this tells you how long ago it was, the biscuits were still made from a mix, rolled and hand cut, then baked. Nowadays, they are frozen/prebaked and just reheated). Then I'd go to school, come back after school and do my homework there. Start back to work about 5 and work until 8 or 9. I was working about 30 hours a week.
Then after things happened, I went back to working there...for 6 years. Started again as crew, and worked my way up into management. I supported two kids and myself working at McD's. DD#1's first dad was beyond useless, so no help there. DD#2's dad (my husband...we weren't married when we had her) was working entry level job in his chosen career, and wasn't making what I was as a manager. He covered her insurance (better than mine) and daycare (which my sister did, and only charged me $50 a week for both kids, plus all their meals, yes, she was helping us). Those skills I learned there helped me get a management job at Chipotle, and from there to Johnny Rockets, and on and on.
Unless you are in management, fast food jobs are not meant to be a career. They aren't meant for moms of 3 to support their kids on. They are meant for kids who are first starting out, to learn how to function in a workplace, earn a little money to pay for movies and girlfriends.
ETA: You want to make more money, either bust your behind and get moved up in your workplace, or go get a degree. Stomping your feet and shouting that you are worth more doesn't show that you are.
Don't you mean they deserve to be paid $10 and $5?
