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Meet our neighbors at Sylvia's Cafe near Miami who have experienced the positive ripple effects of Amazon's $15/hr starting wage.
EastBrew Café and Bakery opened in January 2020—weeks before COVID-19 shut down restaurants and other customer-based businesses. After some time, Amazon employees started trickling in, giving the café hope.
In 2018, Amazon raised its starting wage for all U.S. employees to at least $15 an hour. We’ve seen the positive impact this has had on our employees, their families, and their communities. Since then, we’ve been lobbying Congress to increase the federal minimum wage—which has been stuck at $7.25 since 2009.
Small businesses are benefiting from the buying power of Amazon employees, who earn more than double the federal minimum wage. We’re proud to share their stories in a new video series.
Amazon’s move in 2018 resulted in a 4.7% increase in the average hourly wage among other employers in the same labor market, according to an independent study by Berkeley and Brandeis universities.
When COVID-19 shrank his restaurant paychecks, Remington tried a fulfillment center job and found stability like he's never had before.
Majority of Americans call on businesses and policymakers to act.
How a search for inclusive health benefits and a comfortable wage led Luv-Luv to a job at an Amazon fulfillment center.
New $15 minimum wage is effective beginning this November 1
