Guess this becomes a moot issue ... the McDonald's CEO announced that, in response to increased minimum wages, they will be automating the ordering process so that customers can pass their orders directly to the kitchen. This will result in elimination of about 20% of the McDonalds workforce over the next ten years.
(Machines don't ask for raises)
Yeah, I mentioned that dozens of times. The left doesn't care though.
They are also in the process of finalizing automated burger grills, that don't require a flipper. Soon there won't be any "burger flippers" either. And drinks are already completely automated.
The number of required staff at a McDonald's has already shrunk.
In fact.... industry wide, the number of employees peaked in 2006, and has been declining ever since. In 2006, fast food stores averaged 17.1 employees per store. Today that's down to 15.7. Gee... I wonder what happened that completely reversed a trend of increasing the number of employees per store, to decreasing employees per store, back in 2007?
Oh right....... in 2007 the minimum wage increased, and in 2008, and 2009... Once again, the evidence is endless that the minimum wage has a negative effect on employment.
Employees per establishment in the U.S. fast food industry 2018 Statistic
Of course the mindless left doesn't care people lost their jobs, as long as they "win" their political battle. The couldn't care less who is hurt when they do it.