Source: Daily Caller
Amazon told shareholders Thursday that it made nearly $78 billion in net income during 2025 — while workers at its subsidiary Whole Foods Market say they struggle to afford basic necessities due to unlivable working wages.
Amazon acquired Whole Foods in 2017 and now employs over 100,000 workers nationwide offering a starting wage of $17 an hour. Philadelphia Whole Foods workers organized a union in January 2025 and its members claim their employer’s parent company —founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos — has violated labor law, illegally retaliated against workers and rejected and delayed bargaining with the union for better wage agreements.
“Amazon Chairman Jeff Bezos is worth over $240 billion and Whole Foods executives are paid tens of millions of dollars a year. We, the workers of Whole Foods, are generating a significant portion of their wealth, but we continue to be squeezed. They have eroded our culture and increasingly treat us more like numbers than humans,” Rob Jennings, a Philadelphia Whole Foods worker and member the union, Whole Foods Workers United, said in a statement.
