Amazon is raising its minimum wage to $15 following pressure from Bernie Sanders

[Donkees]

Isobel Asher Hamilton 26m

Excerpt:

Amazon has announced it is raising its minimum wage in the US to $15, following sustained pressure from Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders.

In a statement released on Tuesday, Amazon said the salary increase, which is more than double the federal minimum wage of $7.25, will come into effect on November 1. It will impact more than 250,000 Amazon employees, plus more than 100,000 seasonal staff who work for Amazon over the holiday season.

"We listened to our critics, thought hard about what we wanted to do, and decided we want to lead," said CEO Jeff Bezos. "We're excited about this change and encourage our competitors and other large employers to join us."

This decision follows sustained pressure from Senator Bernie Sanders, who has attacked Amazon for how little it pays its workers, and introduced a bill in September entitled "Stop BEZOS," which would tax large companies whose low-wage employees rely on government assistance.

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-raises-minimum-wage-to-15-dollars-2018-10

[mountain grammy]

1. While I'm glad to see this..

If the richest man in the world with the richest company in the world wants to really send a statement he should start at $20 and say he values his employees who have made him such a wealthy man and want's to spread it around.. stock options, the whole bit. Walmart should do the same.

[bahrbearian]

2. "Pie in the Sky" It will never come to pass.

[JonLP24]

3. I've been following this Bernie and Amazon story for awhile

Amazon workers donated more to Sanders than they did in the entire 8 years for Obama.

Sanders is doing a good job here but you wont hear about it o DU.