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Amazon warehouse workers are getting free Prime and a pay raise

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Amazon’s warehouse workers and delivery drivers, the people critical to the company’s ability to get you things fast via Amazon Prime, will soon get Prime subscriptions as part of their employment. The new perk was revealed along with other benefit updates, including an average pay raise, announced by the company on Wednesday.

The free Prime subscription will be part of the benefits package for “front-line” workers starting “early next year,” according to a blog post. They’ll have free Prime for “as long as they are a part of the Amazon team.” Amazon Prime typically costs $14.99 per month or $139 per year.

As for pay, Amazon says that the frontline workers will be getting “at least” $1.50 more per hour beginning next month, which the…

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