Print this article A man holds up a minimum wage sign at a rally held by fast food workers and supporters in Los Angeles, Calif., February 18, 2021.
(Lucy Nicholson/Reuters) A $15 minimum wage would price out the low-skilled workers who need jobs most.
I was 14 when I got my first real job. A restaurant in downtown Boston paid me $1.60 an hour, the minimum wage at the time. I wasn’t worth it at least for a while.
On my first day as a busboy, during the lunch rush, I dropped a large aluminum tray laden with crockery and glassware onto the tile floor. The resulting explosion of sound likely startled people as far away as Nantucket; diners’ heads whipped around in unison, eyes wide in panic. As I ducked out of view, the manager hustled over, counted the broken pieces, and informed me he’d deduct it from my check. But he didn’t fire me.
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