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Amazon increases minimum wage to $15 for all US employees

Job seekers line up to apply during "Amazon Jobs Day," at the Amazon.com Fulfillment. [Photo: REUTERS/Brian Snyder]

Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday it would raise its minimum wage to $15 per hour for U.S. employees from next month, giving in to critics of poor pay and working conditions at the world’s second most valuable company.

The increase pushes Amazon’s lowest wage above that at Walmart Inc and Target Corp. It is almost $3 shy of the average for a non-management worker in warehousing in the United States.

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