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Which means nothing, $15hr was the right number 20 years ago. By the time shithole companies like Amazon adopted $15 hr it was still an unlivable wage.
I saw a documentary on Prime, about Amazon, with ads for Prime, that says you're mistaken.
It should've been $30 a year ago.
TIL (for the bajillionth time) that a fuckton of people can't define "leftist", also.
The fight for 15 started in 2012, 12 years ago. Inflation alone puts that above 21 bucks in post pandemic dollars, rising with inflation and rising worker productivity should get us to somewhere close to 27.
Came here for this... $15 was a decade ago.
15 was not so bad pre covid but needs to be double that now.
$15 wasn't livable before COVID
‘They’re more concerned about profit’: Osha, DoJ take on Amazon’s grueling working conditions
Amazon’s focus on speed, surveillance drives higher warehouse worker injuries, study finds
Delivery Drivers Sue Amazon For Being Forced To Pee In Bottles
Those are just sample of the hits on my "amazon working conditions" google search. I applaud any company that pays a decent wage, but not when that same company is forcing their employees to endure unsafe working conditions.
And let's not forget that Bezos, in 2023, made $7.9 million dollars an hour by exploiting these employees. I hope that puts that $15 and hour in perspective. In thirteen minutes, Bezos made more than you will probably earn in your lifetime, subby. Forgive me if I'm less than impressed with his willingness to toss a few crumbs from his plate to the people slaving away for him.
Did Amazon at least provide the bottles to pee in? /s
I'd post a laughing emoji, but this is only funny on the most fucked up level. ☹️
I'm out here arguing for a $26/hr minimum wage.
Full time work would afford you $1000/week, pre tax.
So like $600 to $700.
This is barely livable.
Yeah $15/hr was the push in 2016, now its 25-30 at least
Your title implies that because amazon argues for a 15 dollar minimum wage, just like us leftists do (actually many of us argue for higher now but for the sake of your post, lets stick with 15), that means its a bad thing. I'm genuinely struggling to understand why you thought to post an about article directly from Amazon with your own bs title. Just because a big corporation advocates for the same thing doesn't mean those things shouldn't be advocated for. Amazon is also lobbying for the legalization of weed, does that mean that legalization isn't a good thing? It's an incredibly flawed argument and if that's not what you're saying I'd love to know what you're actually trying to communicate with this post.