Activists (and notably well-dressed ones) who are rousing the crowds of fast food workers to protest and chant "We're fired up!" in the streets are using them as pawns and patsies by promising them what those specific workers will never see.  That is -- any significant increase in their hourly wage.  And that statement holds true even if the minimum wage ("MW") actually does get raised in any significant amount. If an employer must hire someone for an $8.00-per-hour job but be forced to pay $15.00 per hour, then that employer is going to hire someone who has the education, work skills, work ethic, and productivity that makes the employee worth $15.00 per hour, even if the job in its current state does not require more expensive labor.  Yes, in the short term, until the market can correct and employees move to fill the need, the current $8.00-per-hour worker will keep his job.  But only briefly. Within a reasonably short time, the $8.00-per-hour workers will...(Read Full Post)