The editors are mixing apples and oranges.
Are they saying that we don't have enough minimum wage jobs?  If this is the solution, why hasn't underemployment an unemployment been resolved with the current low minimum wage rate?
What's needed are higher wages for those who have jobs. There's no evidence I've seen cited indicating a low wage is going to cure unemployment. If anything, it's a very minor factor.

And by the way, since when has the Eugene Register Guard editorial board started sounding like the Orange County Register editorial board?