A wage schedule that increases minimum salary by x% is more restrictive, but benefits everyone and hurts no one. Your "by definition" is incorrect. There's no

A wage schedule that increases minimum salary by x% is more restrictive, but benefits everyone and hurts no one. Your "by definition" is incorrect. There's no law that requires a collective bargaining agreement to enforce pay maximums (or in fact anything about pay at all!). So please don't tell me that I don't know what I'm talking about.