What people seem to always fail to understand is that hours will ALWAYS be low. Companies do not pay for what they do not need. If they absolutely need only 4 people on the floor, there will be 4 people on the floor. At $7.25 an hour or at $15. Business do not have people on the clock that they do not need. If you cannot afford labor at $15 an hour, hate to break it to you, but your business has already failed.
I’ve never heard of a company meeting where they say “We only need 500 associates, but since we are paying them $8.00 an hour, let’s hire another 100 out of the goodness of our heart.”
If the large businesses can influence the political system in their favor, surely we can do the same for us.