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If they don't come out and say that Amazon's not paying these employees a lower wage, then I'm not going to place a lot of faith in any implication.
by joker3 8y ago
If they don't come out and say that Amazon's not paying these employees a lower wage, then I'm not going to place a lot of faith in any implication.
- bobthepanda 8y agoDirect quotes from the article, emphasis mine: > “I’m grateful to actually have gotten a job,” Howard said during a work break. “It’s just part time, but even still, it’s a good job. … I’m making above minimum wage.” > Likewise, Northwest Center employees and those it places with Amazon are paid at least minimum wage. (Seattle closed a loophole in its minimum wage law that allowed employers to pay people with a disability a sub-minimum wage and recovered back wages from Northwest Center in 2018. Washington and many other states still allow minimum wage waivers.)
- atdrummond 8y agoSo I wasn't intending to imply any specifics about Amazon's wage situation. That said, when I read that article, I assumed this referred to the federal minimum wage for sheltered workshop employees (which is a few dollars) rather than Seattle's minimum wage or the federal minimum of $10.35/hour. The latter wage is more important as the NC has claimed its workers are contractors and therefore only federal disability and wage laws apply.