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Five years after Amazon.com raised wages to $15 an hour, half of warehouse workers surveyed by researchers say they struggle to afford enough food or a place to live.
The national study, published Wednesday by the University of Illinois Chicago’s Center for Urban Economic Development, asked U.S. employees about their economic well-being, including whether they’d skipped meals, went hungry, or were worried about being able to make rent or mortgage payments.
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