Bloomberg -. Five years after Amazon.com Inc. raised wages to $15 an hour, half of
warehouse workers surveyed rveyed 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 U.S. employees
about their economic well-being, including whether they’d skipped meals,
went hungry, or were worried about being able to make rent or mortgage
payments.Fifty-three percent of respondents reported that they’d experienced
one or more forms of food insecurity in the prior three months, and 48%
experienced one or more forms of housing insecurity. Workers who said
they took unpaid time off after getting hurt on the job were more likely
to report trouble paying their bills, the researchers found.
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