Every place that Amazon has a distribution center, wages go up for unskilled labor as other people are forced to compete. There are plenty of reports of fast fo

Every place that Amazon has a distribution center, wages go up for unskilled labor as other people are forced to compete. There are plenty of reports of fast food places, retail stores and even child care services not being able to hire because they can’t afford to compete with Amazon wages. In other words, even though many factory workers have alternatives, they are choosing the trade off to make $20/hour. They aren’t making the low wages that the factory workers where your electronics are made are. They are making more than many of the restaurants you probably go to. More than the retail stores you shop at and they made the choice using their own free will. Amazon distribution centers didn’t drive out local mom and pop stores. It’s just seems strange of all the hills you die on standing in solidarity with factory workers who make more than the median income in the US is the one you choose.