*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: Low Wages And No Stability: How Amazon’s Use of Perma-Temps Is Hurting Workers Author: Max Parrott

*Source:* In These Times

*Date: * August 29, 2018

*Summary:* The national unemployment rate hit 3.8 percent in May, the lowest level since 2000, and companies across the country are complaining about the difficulty of finding workers. Yet Amazon has been able to staff its warehouses with workers who frequently earn little more than the local minimum wage. Many of them are contingent workers like Wilson, who get none of the stability and benefits that often come with working for one of the country’s largest companies. Link: http://bit.ly/2wuZ8dF ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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