Amazon Workers Say They Struggle to Afford Food, Rent
- Researchers surveyed 1,484 company employees in 42 US states
- More than half of the respondents described economic travails
Employees place items in to boxes and envelopes at an Amazon.com Inc. fulfillment center.
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Five years after Amazon.com Inc. raised wages to $15 an hour, half of warehouse workers surveyed by researchers say they struggle to afford enough food or a place to live.
The national study, published Wednesday by the University of Illinois Chicago’s Center for Urban Economic Development, asked US employees about their economic wellbeing, including whether they’d skipped meals, went hungry, or were worried about being able to make rent or mortgage payments.