Amazon says it 'listened to our critics' as it raised its minimum wage to $15 - here's how the clash between Bernie Sanders and Jeff Bezos went down

Oct 4, 2018, 02:10 IST

August 2017: Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods further established its position as a corporation on the rise, and a target for criticisms of destroying small business while subjecting employees to poor working conditions and minimum wage.

August 2017: Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods further established its position as a corporation on the rise, and a target for criticisms of destroying small business while subjecting employees to poor working conditions and minimum wage.

March 2018: Sen. Bernie Sanders steps onto the scene of throwing jabs at Amazon and other corporations for their "extraordinary power." But the senator wasn't the first politician to lash out against big business — Donald Trump had already been name-dropping Amazon in several tweets for well over a year.

March 2018: Sen. Bernie Sanders steps onto the scene of throwing jabs at Amazon and other corporations for their "extraordinary power." But the senator wasn't the first politician to lash out against big business — Donald Trump had already been name-dropping Amazon in several tweets for well over a year.

April 2018: Several Amazon workers told Business Insider their "horror stories" of the working conditions inside the retailer's warehouses. These accounts came soon after Bezos was named the richest man in the world.

April 2018: Several Amazon workers told Business Insider their "horror stories" of the working conditions inside the retailer's warehouses. These accounts came soon after Bezos was named the richest man in the world.

July 2018: Bernie Sanders took to Twitter to rebuke Bezos, even as Amazon employees went on strike just in time for Prime Day, one of the biggest sales days for the corporation each year.

August 2018: Sanders steps up his attacks by highlighting the disparity between Bezos' record-setting net worth of $155 billion and the thousands of Amazon workers living on food stamps.

August 2018: In a rare move, Amazon directly responded to Sanders. A "war of words" between Bezos and Sanders ensued over the state of Amazon's worker conditions and pay.

September 2018: Sanders proposed the "Stop BEZOS" bill, which would make huge companies like Amazon pay their employees better wages.

October 2018: Amazon announced Tuesday it would be raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour, which more than doubles where it was before. Sanders and Bezos publicly exchanged praise following the announcement, and the senator quickly shifted his focus toward worker pay at other companies.

October 2018: Amazon announced Tuesday it would be raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour, which more than doubles where it was before. Sanders and Bezos publicly exchanged praise following the announcement, and the senator quickly shifted his focus toward worker pay at other companies.

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Amazon says it 'listened to our critics' as it raised its minimum wage to $15 - here's how the clash between Bernie Sanders and Jeff Bezos went down

August 2017: Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods further established its position as a corporation on the rise, and a target for criticisms of destroying small business while subjecting employees to poor working conditions and minimum wage.

April 2018: Several Amazon workers told Business Insider their "horror stories" of the working conditions inside the retailer's warehouses. These accounts came soon after Bezos was named the richest man in the world.

July 2018: Bernie Sanders took to Twitter to rebuke Bezos, even as Amazon employees went on strike just in time for Prime Day, one of the biggest sales days for the corporation each year.

August 2018: Sanders steps up his attacks by highlighting the disparity between Bezos' record-setting net worth of $155 billion and the thousands of Amazon workers living on food stamps.

August 2018: In a rare move, Amazon directly responded to Sanders. A "war of words" between Bezos and Sanders ensued over the state of Amazon's worker conditions and pay.

September 2018: Sanders proposed the "Stop BEZOS" bill, which would make huge companies like Amazon pay their employees better wages.

October 2018: Amazon announced Tuesday it would be raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour, which more than doubles where it was before. Sanders and Bezos publicly exchanged praise following the announcement, and the senator quickly shifted his focus toward worker pay at other companies.