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By Azmi Haroun,Charles Davis
Posted by CNN first reported that the announcement was coming on Thursday. The move would affect an estimated 2.1 million people. CNN reported that the Biden administration will announce a vaccine mandate or regular testing requirement for federal workers as early as Thursday. President Joe Biden initially said on Tuesday that the federal government is weighing whether to implement a vaccine mandate for the entire federal workforce as the US grapples with a rise in COVID-19 cases. That s under consideration right now, Biden said in response to a reporter s question. An estimated 2.1 million people work for the federal government, according to the Office of Personnel Management. Only Walmart has more employees.
Amazon has turned a middle-class warehouse career into a McJob By Matt Day and Spencer Soper, Bloomberg News
Published: December 21, 2020, 6:02am
Share: Employees at an Amazon warehouse in Hawthorne, Calif. Many Amazon warehouse employees struggle to pay the bills. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
Amazon.com Inc. job ads are everywhere. Plastered on city buses, displayed on career web sites, slotted between songs on classic rock stations. They promise a quick start, $15 an hour and health insurance. In recent weeks, America’s second-largest employer has rolled out videos featuring happy package handlers wearing masks, a pandemic-era twist on its annual holiday season hiring spree.
Amazon has turned a middle-class warehouse career into a McJob
Amazon has turned a middle-class warehouse career into a McJob
Despite a starting wage well above the federal minimum, the company is dragging down pay in the logistics industry and bracing for a fight with unions.
Matt Day and Spencer Soper, Bloomberg
Dec. 17, 2020
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Amazon.com Inc. job ads are everywhere. Plastered on city buses, displayed on career web sites, slotted between songs on classic rock stations. They promise a quick start, $15 an hour and health insurance. In recent weeks, America’s second-largest employer has rolled out videos featuring happy package handlers wearing masks, a pandemic-era twist on its annual holiday season hiring spree.
Amazon has turned a middle-class warehouse career into a McJob [Bloomberg News :: BC-WRK-AMAZON-WAREHOUSE:BLO]
Amazon.com Inc. job ads are everywhere. Plastered on city buses, displayed on career web sites, slotted between songs on classic rock stations. They promise a quick start, $15 an hour and health insurance. In recent weeks, America’s second-largest employer has rolled out videos featuring happy package handlers wearing masks, a pandemic-era twist on its annual holiday season hiring spree.
Amazon’s object is to persuade potential recruits that there’s no better place to work.
The reality is less rosy. Many Amazon warehouse employees struggle to pay the bills, and more than 4,000 employees are on food stamps in nine states studied by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Only Walmart, McDonald’s and two dollar-store chains have more workers requiring such assistance, according to the report, which said 70% of recipients work full-time. As Amazon opens U.S. wareh
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