Amazon bumps US minimum wage to $15 amid scarce labor 15 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseOnline retail giant Amazon announced Tuesday it would raise its starting wage for US workers to $15 an hour, amid long-standing criticism of low pay, and would advocate for a higher minimum wage nationwide. Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos said the company — valued at nearly $1 trillion — was heeding complaints about its pay structure. Amazon is encouraging other large US employers to follow its lead and said it would lobby lawmakers for an increase in the federal minimum wage, currently at only $7.25. But the company did not say it would push for a US minimum wage of $15 per hour, a long-sought goal of worker advocates.

Source: Manila Bulletin October 02, 2018 23:26 UTC