Seattle and the minimum wage increase

[Benton]

(07-21-2015, 03:24 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: But if they get to adjust pay scale based on federal min wage being raised... Wouldn't that benefit the union?  Since fed min wage would be the basement.

Marginally. Any time their workers make more it benefits the union with the idea being the funds from the fees collected are supposed to go back to the members to benefit in the form of lobbying, layoff assistance, etc. And no, it doesn't all go back like it should. There's corruption inherent in every system. But a few extra dollars per hour isn't translating into building some organizational juggernaut as much as it creates an economy where the cost of living stays closer to the rate of inflation.