#Amazon Hub in #Newark Is Canceled After Unions and Local Groups Object

source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/07/business/economy/amazon-newark-airport-new-jersey.html

It was in part the #company’s prominence in the state that attracted opposition to the project. A report produced by groups seeking to block it pointed out that the number of Amazon facilities in #NewJersey grew to 49 from one between 2013 and 2020, helping to nearly triple the number of warehouse workers in the state, to about 70,000. Over the same period, the average #wage for those workers fell to about $44,000 per year from over $53,000 per year, adjusting for inflation, according to #Labor Department data.

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