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Techmeme: Amazon increases its average starting pay for front-line US staff to $19+/hour, up from $18/hour; warehouse and delivery workers will earn $16/hour to $26/hour (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
![Techmeme: Research details Amazon's shrinking US warehouse footprint following its pandemic expansion: 21 facilities closed, 21 canceled, and 27 delayed or on hold (CNBC) Techmeme: Research details Amazon's shrinking US warehouse footprint following its pandemic expansion: 21 facilities closed, 21 canceled, and 27 delayed or on hold (CNBC)](https://image.cnbcfm.com/api/v1/image/106981688-1638209457811-box.jpg?v=1663190043&w=1920&h=1080)
Techmeme: Research details Amazon's shrinking US warehouse footprint following its pandemic expansion: 21 facilities closed, 21 canceled, and 27 delayed or on hold (CNBC)
![Techmeme: Filing: Amazon accuses the FTC of harassing its top executives, including Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy, as part of its investigation into Prime membership (Dave Lee/Financial Times) Techmeme: Filing: Amazon accuses the FTC of harassing its top executives, including Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy, as part of its investigation into Prime membership (Dave Lee/Financial Times)](https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/https%3A%2F%2Fd1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2Ffbd428d0-8e42-436d-8cc9-66c00e5465ff.jpg?source=next-opengraph&fit=scale-down&width=900)
Techmeme: Filing: Amazon accuses the FTC of harassing its top executives, including Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy, as part of its investigation into Prime membership (Dave Lee/Financial Times)
![Techmeme: Amazon files a lawsuit against the administrators of 10K+ Facebook groups that offer cash or goods to users willing to post bogus product reviews on Amazon (Taylor Hatmaker/TechCrunch) Techmeme: Amazon files a lawsuit against the administrators of 10K+ Facebook groups that offer cash or goods to users willing to post bogus product reviews on Amazon (Taylor Hatmaker/TechCrunch)](https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/GettyImages-1027656194.jpg?w=606)