What are your thoughts on the "Fight for $15?"

They are asking for automation to replace them as the most cost-effective alternative.

"Faced with a $15 wage mandate, restaurants have to reduce the cost of service," blared an ad in The Wall Street Journal last year from the Employment Policies Institute, which supports corporate interests. "That means fewer entry-level jobs and more automated alternatives -- even in the kitchen."

http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/22/technology/innovation/fast-food-robot/

In my opinion its not going to make a difference really because if the companies are forced to pay $15 an hour for a person at a fast food establishment then the fast food establishment is going to increase the prices appropriately to keep their profit margin high and please do not tell me that they will not increase prices and that goes for other industries as well. You pay your workers more and they increase the cost of goods to be sold because of the profit margin.
So the $15 an hour will be equivalent to what they are making now and still not be able to get ahead.

Unskilled labor should not get paid $15 dollars an hour just because they demand it. Minimum wage jobs are entry level, and not meant to be career positions.. These folks need to increase their skills and education so that they can obtain a higher paying job.

Labor costs will be passed on to consumers. Some jobs will migrate overseas.

I'm sorry, but $15 per hour, $31.2k annually, is ludicrous for an entry-level non-supervisory job. We have Americans with college degrees and mounds of student loan debt trying to get careers that pay $40k annually, which is less than $20 per hour. America is the land of opportunity and we have people trying to get everything in return for nothing. Management wages in retail and the fast-food industries are good for those who work in those positions. If you choose to drop fries and flip burgers, which I did in high school for $3.35 per hour, you should expect to get the $8-$10 per hour in return for your labor. If you want higher wages, then do the things that demand it; experience and higher education.

I always thought any restaurant stores like Wal-Mart where secondary jobs. That job you take for extra money.

Be careful what you ask for...you might get it.

It is sad that our Nation has such a limited understanding of economics that the people who a $15 an hour minimum wage would hurt the most are the one screaming the loudest for it?

If minimum wage would have been indexed to inflation we wouldn't be having the conversation now.

I went to the drive thru earlier this week. I ordered a meal for one. Nice people, but they screwed up my order. I find it hard to support this given that most cannot (or will not) do the very basics of their job correctly. I am not mad, I accept this as the norm and press on.

I realize a few things:
-"Why should they care when the get paid so little?" Because applying and accepting that job was their choice.
-"What other jobs are out there?" Again, making choices.

I mean no disparagement, but I always felt that minimum wage jobs were transitional so folks can get themselves sorted out for a secure future. Whether a second job while awaiting their career path, or the job while in college, it is not meant to sustain an entire family in sum. I worked both retail and waited tables through high school and college. I worked my tail off and made more money, but even then, I made choice to join the military.

Please don't cry the blues and demand $15 an hour when you can't even remember to give me my apple pie. I work hard--I deserve an apple pie. :)

Please, If you want to make more money then get a better job.