That article doesn't even attempt to analyze why those jobs were lost, and just parrots the "minimum wage is evil" talking points of a conservative think tank. Hard to take it seriously.
Yeah, clearly minimum wage increases is why every other sector is also hiring less and laying off more. I'd love to see that -2.5% statitic compared to the tech industry this year in the US (and industry where you'd scoff at the idea of working for $20/hr.
