by Aaron Burkhalter
See below for a statement Kshama Sawant issued in response to news that many Amazon employees are losing other benefits as their wages are raised.
Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos announced Oct. 2 that the retail giant would pay all its workers a minimum wage of $15 an hour beginning Nov. 1. Activists working to raise the minimum wages across the United States credited the ongoing movement for forcing Amazon to up compensation to its workers.