I'm not arguing that it's bad to lobby for a higher minimum wage. Only that to communicate both the raising of your wages and the lobbying at the same time, you

I'm not arguing that it's bad to lobby for a higher minimum wage. Only that to communicate both the raising of your wages and the lobbying at the same time, you mix two messages for different audiences. Hence the sour replies, that mix private actions with public beliefs of a firm. The argument that their relative competitive positions changes by first-moving on wages seems not in doubt? Obviously when the wages double for everyone the most capital intensive gain competitive power.