Amazon workers on food stamps have tripled despite its record revenue—and it’s just the latest evidence of the new economy of shrinking labor shares
“These are families that are really barely able to make ends meet,” one policy expert said. “And yet they are working, and they are working a lot.”
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# Amazon Workers on Food Stamps Triple as Labor Share Shrinks Despite Amazon's record revenue, the number of the company's workers receiving food stamps has tripled, highlighting a broader economic trend where corporate profits soar while worker compensation stagnates and many full-time employees fall below poverty thresholds. This disparity exemplifies how the modern economy increasingly concentrates wealth at the top, forcing working families employed by even the most profitable companies to rely on government assistance to survive.
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