BUSINESS_ Amazon Raked In Billions While Whole Foods Workers Say They Can’t Afford Basic Necessities (Andi Shae Napier - DAILY CALLER)

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Amazon Raked In Billions While Whole Foods Workers Say They Can’t Afford Basic Necessities

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Andi Shae Napier
Congressional Reporter
February 06, 2026 3:54 PM ET


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. (RELATED: Amazon’s Working Conditions Are Apparently Making Employees Suicidal)

“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.

“Each new change chips away at our agency while they focus relentlessly on the bottom line. This evolution is not good for us and it’s not good for our customers and communities. We’re tired of being run ragged and taken for granted,” Jennings added. “Amazon Whole Foods is trying to silence our collective voice, but we’re continuing to fight for what’s legally ours: our union of united Whole Foods workers.”

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READ MORE: https://dailycaller.com/2026/02/06/amazon-whole-foods-2025-net-income-wages-jeff-bezos/

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