“Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees International Union, ... was quick to emphasize that her organization’s support of a more-than-twofold increase in the minimum wage was “not about growing unions.”
This is the key. I’ll most likely not present the most logical map to the endpoint but my theory is that this is one of the foundations of single payor. Down the road, as single payor replaces ObamaCare, all healthcare workers will become in essence government employees. Think about how many thousands of new, dues paying union members will magically become part of the SEIU. Barry had sealed this deal with Andy Stern years ago. Barry promised Andy and the SEIU thousands of new members, Andy says great, this is the wage structure we need so we can pay the slush fund. Gotta pay a living wage to all of the new union members so dues can be extracted and kickbacks to the dems can be made. It’s convoluted but what dem scheme isn’t, especially when large sums of cash are involved?
and then there’s that. It’s never been clear how many union contracts are connected to the minimum wage but I’m sure it’s widespread. Being a union member is turning into a better investment than a college degree.