re: Why not pass legislation that automatically raises minimum wage to inflation every 5 year?

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Why raise it now just to have to have this fight again?

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Don't know if this has been mentioned but the real reason for raising minimum wage is to pay off the unions.
Union contracts have a MW clause. So, if you are a union worker making $25/hr. and the minimum wage is raised to $15/hr then your wage must go up to $30/hr.
So, the more times the MW is raised the more times the union wages go up by contract terms.