If the workers see that another business is offering $4/hour more pay for the same duties, they will be discontented and less happy with their situation.
>>>If the workers see that another business is offering $4/hour more pay for the same duties, they will be discontented and less happy with their situation.>>>
This would assume a couple of things. That the establishments paying the higher rate have unlimited capacity to hire the discontented workers, which is unlikely because the very viablity of their continuing to operate will be strained. We are already seeing layoffs and closing.
The reality is, especially in this sector, there are people willing to work for less, and do, often “cash under the table” because while they may be contented.....they are also hungry. Nothing like hunger as a motivator to work. Even Paul in the New Testament says.....you don’t work, you don’t eat.