[NY.SS-Bar9]

1) Becoming skilled / educated requires time and money and is often done over a couple of generations within a family. Doing "grunt" work, working overtime and learning a trade while you work is a viable means for upward mobility.

2) The minimum wage has little impact on manufacturing. Starting salaries are normally well above established minimums.

[Protagoras]

2) The minimum wage has little impact on manufacturing. Starting salaries are normally well above established minimums.

The minimum wage is the benchmark from which union scale is marked up in many cases, which is the reason for their support of it.