Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’ war against online retail giant Amazon came to a close Tuesday, when CEO Jeff Bezos announced his corporation will be raising the minimum wage for all workers to $15 an hour.
“What Mr. Bezos has done today is not only enormously important for Amazon’s hundreds of thousands of employees, it could well be a shot heard around the world. I urge corporate leaders around the country to follow Mr. Bezos’ lead,” wrote Sanders.
The decision comes weeks after Sanders introduced harsh legislation that sought to impose a 100% tax on Amazon and other large companies for all government subsidies received by their full-time employees.
Sho the person with several years of experience will suddenly be paid the same as brew hires and will have to patiently wait “over time” to make more money. That seem fair to you?
I’ve been through it. The longer someone was there the less their raise was. And there was a cutoff beings which there was no raise. The net result was everyone ended up being paid closer to the starting salary.
I trust that Amazon will figure out what is best to do with those employees. Bottom line is, fewer employed americans will need tax supported subsidies because of this move, and that is a good thing - don’t you think?
Are you arguing that Amazon should have done nothing and continued to have a work force heavily dependent on tax payer funded subsidies?
