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human
ELI5: Why is New York State proposing to increase only the fast food workers minimum wage to $15/hr and not minimum wage in general?

Why would the fast food workers only get the increase in wage and not say, retail workers or other minimum wage restaurant workers?
gpt
The group looking to raise the rate doesn't have the power to set the wage of retail workers, or other minimum wage restaurant workers. AFAIK the group in question can't even set the wages of fast food workers, just recommendations.

The proposed wage would be recommended by the New York State Department of Labors "Fast-Food Wage Board". As the name suggests, they only have power to make recommendations about the wages of fast food workers.