"Amazon’s 2018 wage increase from $11/hour to $15/hour resulted in an average local unskilled low-wage increase of 4.7% suggesting those local markets didn’t ne

"Amazon’s 2018 wage increase from $11/hour to $15/hour resulted in an average local unskilled low-wage increase of 4.7% suggesting those local markets didn’t need to meet Amazon’s wages in order to compete with them." I think you're 100% right, but that doesn't mean they don't provide a useful service in bringing up the bottom. If you're in a state where the minimum wage is $7.25, you're suddenly dealing with employees that have a credible alternative of $15/hour. To your point, a lot of folks will trade some money for better conditions, but it makes it pretty untenable to pay less than half of what Amazon's paying.