Why Amazon Raised Its Minimum Wage to $15

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6. I agree that sanders' silly bill had little or nothing to do with this action

4% unemployment is the reason for this raise and not sanders bill. The article cited in the OP makes sense on this

There’s reason to think labor market conditions influenced Bezos’s calculus. With the unemployment rate sitting below 4 percent, and the holiday season on the horizon, U.S. retailers are in fierce competition for staff. Amazon plans to hire 100,000 seasonal employees — as does UPS, while FedEx is looking for 55,000. Meanwhile, Amazon’s retail competitors have been lifting their starting wages — with Target’s recently rising to $15, Costco’s to $14, and Walmart’s to $11.