Why? Rising wages at companies like Amazon play a role, and are hitting companies where it hurts --- their profits. WSJ's Ken Brown explains. Photo composite: Heather Seidel/WSJ ...

Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday it would raise its minimum wage to $15 per hour for U.S. employees from next month, giving in to critics of poor pay and working conditions at the world`s second most ...

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The federal minimum wage has been $7.25 since 2009 ... Here's the median wage for workers at companies like Amazon and Walmart.

alleging Amazon classified them as independent contractors instead of employees with minimum wage and overtime rights. Millions of Americans participate in the “gig economy,” freelancing work ...

For instance, economists from University of California, Berkeley and Brandeis University found that when a company like Amazon arrives in a city with its minimum $15 wage, nearby wages go up too.

But Amazon doesn't pay these drivers' wages. It also doesn't offer them the protections, benefits, or other perks - like its new, highly-touted $15 minimum wage - that are afforded to its own ...