I think we have been there before.
New study says the minimum wage hike in Seattle is bad for low-wage workers
A provocative new paper by the Seattle Minimum Wage Study Team at the University of Washington suggests that this may be a deeply counterproductive policy.
second increase to $13 an hour, are unequivocal: The policy has caused serious damage to low-wage workers in Seattle. The number of hours worked by low-wage workers fell by a staggering 3.5 million per quarter. T
his is reflected both in thousands of job losses (or, more precisely, in jobs that would have been created but never were) and in reductions in hours worked by those who retained their jobs. These effects were
so dramatic that total payroll accruing to low-wage workers fell by about $120 million per year, with workers actually losing $125 per month on average.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy...w-wage-workers