Minimum wage hike won’t help striking fast-food workers

Published December 4, 2014 10:00am ET



On Thursday, the Service Employees International Union is planning protests advocating a $15 hourly minimum wage. The union claims that fast food, home care, and airport workers will go on strike in 160 cities, though it did not provide a list.

Regardless of whether a $15 minimum wage occurred at the local, state, or federal level, it is unlikely the minimum wage hike would actually help the group intended: low-skilled workers.

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