Amazon’s hourly wage increases and hazard pay will expire in June, a company executive confirmed to Recode this week.
Amazon hiked hourly pay for warehouse and delivery workers by $2 an hour in March and doubled overtime pay. The company extended the pay increases twice, through April and May.
Conditions for Amazon warehouse workers are the subject of scrutiny and criticism from employee activists and politicians. Attorneys general from 13 states are probing Amazon’s workplace safety procedures and decision to fire several employees who spoke out about the company’s response to the coronavirus crisis.
While Jeff Bezos is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire in the middle of a pandemic, Amazon is ending overtime pay for warehouse and delivery workers on the front lines. This is immoral. pic.twitter.com/aeR4bCXVHi
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) May 14, 2020
Amazon’s decision to sunset the wage hikes appears to be part of a broader effort to return to normal business operations. Amazon is anticipating its delivery speeds will return to more typical one- and two-day windows. The company is also lifting restrictions on the items that third-party sellers can ship to its warehouses.
