Five years after Amazon.com raised wages to $15 an hour, half of warehouse workers surveyed by researchers say they are struggling to afford enough food or a place to live.
The national survey, released Wednesday by the Center for Urban Economic Development at the University of Illinois, Chicago, asked U.S. workers about their economic well-being, including whether they had skipped meals, gone hungry or worried about being able to afford the rent or mortgage.
About 53% of respondents reported that they had experienced one or more forms of food insecurity in the previous three months, and 48% had experienced one or more forms of housing insecurity. The researchers found that workers who said they took unpaid leave after being injured on the job were more likely to report problems paying their bills.
