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1. Today the e-commerce giant’s minimum-wage rise goes into effect for 250,000 current workers and 100,000 seasonal ones.
2. Amazon’s hourly workers in America will now be paid at least $15, a raise of 36%. One reason for the change is the competitive hiring market, as the national jobless rate hovers at a 49-year low of 3.7%.
3. Other retailers such as Target had planned wage increases, so Amazon’s decision is aimed at ensuring it has enough employees heading into the holiday season.
4. Second, the pay rise indicates that Amazon hears its critics: journalists and politicians have berated grueling conditions and bad pay.
5. Bernie Sanders, a Democratic senator, had introduced a bill called the “BEZOS Act”, named after Amazon’s boss, which would require big companies with lousy wages to reimburse the federal government for social services.
6. Raising pay is expensive—but perhaps those who do can book it as a successful publicity expense.

• minimum-wage (法定)最低工资
• go into effect 施行；实施；开始生效
• current workers 在职工人
• seasonal workers 季节性劳工
• hourly workers 小时工
• jobless rate 失业率
• be aimed at + doing旨在
• berate 训斥,斥责,谴责,严厉地指责
• grueling 重;严酷;精疲力竭的;极度紧张的
• lousy 非常糟的；极坏的；恶劣的
• reimburse 报销；付还；赔偿
• publicity expense 宣传费

• BEZOS Act 这里的act是指"法令;法案", Bezos是亚马逊CEO的姓-"贝佐斯"

文中用三种方法表达"涨工资" :

1. wage increases
2. pay rise
3. Raising pay

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