Hobby Lobby assistant manager Adam Garcia said his employees are still in shock.
Last week 8th Street store manager David Schafer returned from a meeting in Denver with unprecedented news: all hourly full-time employees would begin receiving a minimum wage of $10 per hour immediately.
The 8th St. store, like many others had seen cutbacks in the hours worked by employees - and their family members.
With about 400 arts and craft stores throughout the country, Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and its affiliated businesses including Mardel and Hemispheres employ about 6,900, full-time and part-time people.