The thing about workers is they actually earn their wage by generating the revenue for the business. They not only earn the money to pay their wage but also the building rent, the utility costs, the property taxes, the wages of managers and the profits of the owners.

So your thesis is that if a portion of that income they generate goes to a slightly higher wage then the business will eliminate them as well as the revenue they generate to pay all the other expenses of the business. 

Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face.