The “$15-hour living wage” movement will continue. It will buy votes, liquidate jobs and boost McDonald’s prices more than the new, net wages. Although many voters are weak at system-thinking math, Amazon and Costco are not.
Last fall, Amazon bragged that they were leading the way to the magic “$15/hour” at all locations along with benefits and skills training. Though Amazon did not mention that they needed to hire a lot of folks fast, that they are trying to charm democrats who want to break-them up for being evil, or that their $200-400 million automated warehouses can be shut down if they do get unions.
Newsflash: Has Amazon worked workers too hard in Bessemer, AL where a unionization vote is underway?