Another thing to keep in mind....
Increasing the minimum wage is unsustainable especially in these ecomically opressed times.
Raising the minimum wage will only cause more mom and pop shops to close for lack of ability to compete against the corporatly owned big box stores.
Corporations have the capital and fortitude to replace non essential service and production workers with automation.
Just look at amazon. As they gain more and more of the retail industry, expect those currently employed to be replaced by technology. And the quicker the increase in federally mandated wages, the quicker timeframe for their replacement with automation.
Lets not further cripple the mom and pops ability to survive.