This piece was updated Wednesday afternoon to include a statement from Amazon.
Other companies have good reason to be unhappy with Amazon’s plan to lobby the government for a $15 minimum wage after increasing its own wages. But some Amazon employees themselves take issue with the plan. The new minimum wage comes with a cut to the benefits that the company once offered. For some workers, that actually amounts to a pay cut.
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