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Backlash over Amazon's return to office comes as workers demand higher wages

Pressure increases for Amazon to raise wages amid return-to-office turmoil.

Unionizing warehouse workers told Ars that they're seeking a similar investment from Amazon, which currently pays on average a $20.50 minimum wage. With so many workers upset, it could now be a question of when Amazon will cave to their growing demands—not if—according to Beth Gutelius, the research director of the University of Illinois Chicago's Center for Urban Economic Development. "Research shows that the presence of collective bargaining agreements creates upward pressure on wages and working conditions, both in facilities that are unionized and those that are not," Gutelius told Ars.

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