So this new minumum wage thing?

Minimum wage jobs are not career jobs. As noted several times in this thread - we've all worked some form of minimum wage job and made sacrifices to change careers. Or worked them in highschool and knew to go in a different direction or that hard work could differentiate you from your peers for raises, promotion or other opportunities

Unions are obsolete and do not protect jobs or employees - if you don't like your job or pay rate do something about it (education, training, changing jobs) Not tied to the company store or bitching over beer about "the man"

This was discussed and sang about in the turn of the 20th century, automation taking jobs. The fast food franchises have now invested and will be rolling out self-serve kiosks (McDonald's To Roll Out Self-Order Kiosks and Table Service in the U.S. | Fortune.com) to reduce head count. I bet your fast food experience will actually be better