What Amazon’s new $15 minimum wage signals for worker pay
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The new wage floor will provide a major cash infusion for workers, force other companies to consider their wages, and empower activists fighting for better pay.
When Amazon announced on October 2 that it would be implementing a $15 minimum wage for all of its U.S. workers in the next few weeks–including those hired on a contract or part-time basis–the response hovered between a sense that this was a long time coming, and surprise that it’s happening at all.