亞馬遜提高美國工人最低工資

Amazon is boosting its minimum wage for all U.S. workers to $15 per hour starting next month.

The company said Tuesday that the wage hike will benefit more than 350,000 workers, which includes full-time, part-time, temporary and Seasonal positions. It includes Whole Foods employees. Amazon's hourly operations and customer service employees, some who already make $15 per hour, will also see a wage increase, the Seattle-based company said.

Amazon has more than 575,000 employees globally.

Pay for workers at Amazon can vary by location. Its starting pay is $10 an hour at a warehouse in Austin, Texas, and $13.50 an hour in Robbinsville, New Jersey. The median pay for an Amazon employee last year was $28,446, according to government filings, which includes full-time, part-time and temporary workers.

Amazon said its public policy team will start pushing for an increase in the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.

"We intend to advocate for a minimum wage increase that will have a profound impact on the lives of tens of millions of people and families across this country," Jay Carney, senior vice president of Amazon global corporate affairs, said in a statement.從下個月開始，亞馬遜公司將所有美國工人的最低工資提高到每小時15美元。

亞馬遜週二表示，工資上漲將使35萬多名工人受益，其中包括全職、兼職、臨時和季節性員工，也包括Whole Foods的員工。這家總部位於西雅圖的公司表示，一些已經得到每小時15美元的小時運營和客戶服務員工也將看到工資上漲。

亞馬遜在全球各地擁有超過575,000名員工。

目前公司工人的工資可能因地而異。在德克薩斯州奧斯汀的一個倉庫工作是每小時10美元，在新澤西州羅賓斯維爾是每小時13.50美元。根據向政府提交的文件，去年亞馬遜員工的薪酬中位數爲28,446美元，其中包括全職、兼職和臨時工。

亞馬遜表示，其公共政策團隊將開始推動增加現爲每小時7.25美元的聯邦最低工資。

亞馬遜全球企業事務高級副總裁傑伊卡尼在一份聲明中說：“我們打算提倡增加最低工資，這將對我們國家數以千萬計的人和家庭的生活產生深遠影響。”