[Smlr_net] Amazon Gets Tax Breaks While Its Employees Rely on Food Stamps, New Data Shows

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: Amazon Gets Tax Breaks While Its Employees Rely on Food Stamps, New Data Shows https://theintercept.com/2018/04/19/amazon-snap-subsidies-warehousing-wages/

*Author:* Claire Brown

*Source: *The Intercept

*Date:* April 19, 2018 Summary: In Arizona, new data suggests that one in three of the company’s own employees depend on SNAP to put food on the table. In Pennsylvania and Ohio, the figure appears to be around one in 10. Overall, of five states that responded to a public records request for a list of their top employers of SNAP recipients, Amazon cracked the top 20 in four Link: http://bit.ly/2qZuVQs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary@work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library