Dear MoveOn member,
Between July and September of last year, Amazon amassed $158.9 billion in sales.1 And the tech giant's CEO, Andy Jassy, took home $29.2 million in 2023,2 a whopping 730 times the amount his lowest-paid Amazon worker made.3
You read that correctly. Amazon rakes in billions of dollars each year, pays its executives with exorbitant compensation packages, and leaves the vast majority of its employees struggling to make ends meet.
Amazon workers face enormous pressure to deliver at robotic levels of productivity by management who choose to prioritize delivery speeds and bottom lines over the health and safety of their workers. Meanwhile, a recent survey found that more than half of employees report food insecurity and nearly 48% reported housing insecurity.4 Amazon workers deserve better working conditions and a fair wage.
Last summer, Amazon workers in California staged a one-day unfair labor practice strike; workers in Kentucky also went on strike for part of a day, forcing entire planes to reroute. In response, the company increased their pay by a measly $1.50 an hour—but with billions in profits every single year, CEO Andy Jassy can do much better than that.
The biggest warehouse employer in the country, Amazon employs more than a million people in the United States—and that doesn't include external contractors. Still, data suggests the corporation pays less than other warehouse employers.5
If Amazon workers get a significant raise, it will literally change the livelihoods of millions of people and create a ripple effect across the country—helping families, stabilizing communities, and creating better futures.
Make no mistake—these are tough jobs. Data shows that last year Amazon's reported injuries spiked around Prime Days and Cyber Monday and that the serious injury rate at Amazon warehouses is double the rate of non-Amazon warehouses.6
Amazon workers deliver results by literally putting their bodies on the line. They deserve real wages that truly reflect the demanding labor required of them—and we know the multi-billion dollar company can afford it. Add your name to be in solidarity with these workers and call for the raise they deserve.
Together, we can deliver to get Amazon workers the salaries they deserve.
Thanks for all you do.
–Nur, Executive Director, Coworker.org
Sources:
1. "Amazon Reports Record $15.3 Billion Profit," The New York Times, October 31, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/201926?t=8&akid=424717%2E40999114%2EvkcwRx
2. "Exec pay: New filing shows how much Amazon CEO Andy Jassy made in compensation in 2023," GeekWire, April 11, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/201927?t=10&akid=424717%2E40999114%2EvkcwRx
3. "Amazon increases hourly pay by $1.50, adds free Prime membership for thousands of workers," Retail Dive, September 20, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/201928?t=12&akid=424717%2E40999114%2EvkcwRx
4. "Amazon Workers Say They Struggle to Afford Food and Rent," TIME, May 15, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/201929?t=14&akid=424717%2E40999114%2EvkcwRx
5. "A Good Living: Amazon Can and Must Make a Middle-Income Livelihood Possible for the People Who Work in Its Warehouses," National Employment Law Project, September 26, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/201930?t=16&akid=424717%2E40999114%2EvkcwRx
6. "Amazon Prime Day 'major cause of injuries' for workers, Senate finds," CNN, July 17, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/201931?t=18&akid=424717%2E40999114%2EvkcwRx
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