That's getting needless sticky about definitions, and harming understanding of the point, potentially leading people to think that these Amazon workers are goin

That's getting needless sticky about definitions, and harming understanding of the point, potentially leading people to think that these Amazon workers are going to get their raises, which they clearly won't. Let me be more concrete: am employer presenting you with a plan for future compensation[1] in an existing employment relationship does not constitute a contract. They can pay you what they want to pay you. [1] Your back wages argument doesn't apply here. These people never got paid at all.