Is the signal "is employed?"

Minimum wage workers make $50+ dollars a day. Even part time, most shifts are at least long enough to make $25.

Its not like PTO is a thing or you can ask to be scheduled Monday off instead of Tuesday this way and lose zero money.

Your sarcasm is noted, but not everyone has that flexibility.

Nor is taking PTO to sit in arbitration for a while for $25 an appealing option for many people.

Not being screwed over in the future is pretty appealing.

Let me clarify, the signal is that you can be swindled for $25 and won't be fighting back.

Those same minimum wage workers also couldn't really afford to lose that $25 in the first place