She helped pass a $15-an-hour minimum wage law that has cost Amazon dearly. Now Amazon is seeking its revenge. Voting ended Tuesday, but counting all the mail-ins could take another few days. With about half of expected ballots counted, Sawant had 49%.
As a socialist on the Seattle City Council, Kshama Sawant may be the most powerful local foe of the city’s largest private employer, Amazon.
Voting ended Tuesday, but counting all the mail-in ballots could take another few days. With about half of expected ballots counted, Egan Orion, a small-business advocate and LGBTQ community leader, had 51%. Starbucks, another of the city’s corporate giants, exercised more subtle influence, donating far less money while voicing support for change on the nine-member council, said Joni Balter, a Seattle political analyst. On Monday, employees stood in front of outlets handing out free coffee in paper cups marked “Vote Nov. 5,” as a company spokesman spoke to television reporters.
Amazon is viewed warily by many Seattle residents, who see the corporate giant as a force behind the city’s rising cost of living and growing income inequality. The scale of the company’s sudden entrance into local politics is unprecedented, given its contributions of about $130,000 to City Council candidates in 2015.
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