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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Better apply right now, because once the $15 is going to kick in, every store will be overwhelmed with applicants, and obviously places favor the applicants who are referred by existing employees.
Some of the major corporations started already doing it nationwide and I worked at a few. I should be fine as long as it's not all female hiring like it is in this area.
In retail they still hire men, but they're usually stuck with working in the back. Stocking and lifting boxes and unloading trucks. Harder work, same pay as the women working the till.
About 10-15 years ago when I was working at Target they had me regularly working in the women's fitting room, and I'm a slightly overweight man with a full beard. Saw many a confused customer when they walked up xD