Amazon’s $15 an Hour Raises for Whole Foods Employees Come With a Catch | Eater

"An internal email from CEO John Mackey obtained by Gizmodo laid out how the company will implement Amazon’s $15-an-hour floor: workers earning under $14 will be bumped to $15, employees already making at least $14 receive a $1 raise, and team leaders get a $2 increase. That formula has produced pay compression complaints—one six-year employee who’d been promoted five times says they’ll now earn only $1 more than new hires. Acquired by Amazon last year, the chain’s workers have had mixed reactions: while the wage announcement is celebrated by some as a win for the Fight for $15, many staff fear hours will be cut or view the raise as a tactic to blunt unionization; organizers from a group called Whole Worker say the move has heightened rather than eased union concerns, especially given leaked anti-union training videos and the parent company’s reputation for opposing unions." - Whitney Filloon