An employee at a major bank in Florida was so grateful we passed 15 an hour min. She makes roughly 19 an hour and her son works in retail. She said how pleased she was that they would earn more money. I stated "how we going to make more money"? She went on to explain her 20 years of service is worth a lot more than min wage. I responded the 15 an hour is like food stamps, designed to help the poorest among us. She than asked the manager when they raise the min wage 1.5 will she get more money. To which she was told no, just the annual raise if available. It was at that moment she understood. Telling me if she could work at the zoo for 15 an hour why would she work in a high stress office. To which I responded "you wouldn't". In hind sight I should have said those making 100k would prolly get raises.
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If you don’t like your wage, you need to acquire a skill to be able to negotiate the wage you want.
That goes for all the people making 15-25 an hour already that are mad about a $15 min wage creeping up to their so called skilled labor.
We're talking about the entire state of Florida, even the rural areas. This isn't Manhattan or Seattle or L.A. Easy jobs are about to go extinct here. Everyone will be required to do more work in less time with less workers.
And now you understand. It's just a push for automation. Some cockbag large retailer like Amazon, CostCo or Walmart probably bought the state politicians to push this shit.