“The company plans to hire ... 950 associates who will make between $31,000 and $33,000 a year.” Those salaries are at least $15,000 below living wages in our state. Our state sold out workers twice by wasting our tax dollars and then celebrating jobs with unlivable wages.https://twitter.com/delawareonline/status/1232054357698498561 …
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Replying to @JessforDelaware
GM pay was nearly 100 percent of average metro income Amazon pays less than 50 percent Going backwardshttps://www.inquirer.com/business/phillydeals/amazon-subsidy-boxwood-wilmington-delaware-fulfillment-robotics-20200224.html …
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Replying to @PhillyJoeD
“We have to give subsidies to be competitive.” Yet no one seems to ever question whether these jobs are worth competing for.
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Replying to @JessforDelaware @PhillyJoeD
And Remember, there is only so much shopping money. Things bought on Amazon are things NOT bought at other stores. Jobs at those stores will go away. We won't end up with more jobs.
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Especially when wages are so low no one’s left with any expendable income at the end of the month.
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