Amazon Boosts Warehouse Worker Pay by at Least $1.50 an Hour
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Amazon.com Inc. is raising the pay of its hourly warehouse workers by at least $1.50 an hour and tacking on Prime memberships to their benefits package.
The raises will take effect this month for the hundreds of thousands of employees working for Amazon’s sprawling logistics operation, boosting the average base wage to more than $22 an hour, the company said in a blog post on Sept. 18.
Workers will receive Prime, Amazon’s speedy shipping and video subscription service, beginning “early next year,” the company said.
Amazon ranksNo. 1on theTransport Topics Top 100 list of the largest logistics companies in North Americaand No. 1 on theTT Top 50 Global Freight Companies. It also ranks No. 12 on theTT Top 100 Private Carriers.
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