>"Strong growth and a tight labor market are helping workers make sustained wage gains." "After more than a year of unprecedented dislocation, there is good news for America’s workers. Job openings are at record levels, and wages are increasing. Last week, Amazon, the country’s second-biggest private-sector employer, announced that it is raising the pay for more than half a million of the company’s employees and offering signing bonuses of a thousand dollars to some new hires."