What about the poor fool who is making just above $15 per after years of dedication to their employer and hard work - surely they will get a $7 raise the instant the $15 minimum kicks in. Otherwise those years of hard work were a big fat waste of time and effort.
Excellent point. Wageflation is coming and it’s gonna be ugly. When the full $15/hr kicks in the grunts will be making as much as the 2nd-tier and some management. The resentment will fuel the need for wage assessments (read: increases) but management is already stressed because they lost so much profit to the initial $15/hr scam.
When 2nd tier and management don’t get commensurate (idiotic) increases they will either act out with sabotage/theft/insubordination or they will jump ship for greener pastures. Eventually management will respond to the true realities of the marketplace and raise wages. At that point the minimum wagers will be back at a marginalized point again.
The left will never learn that you can’t artificially twist the marketplace without consequence.