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>> charles: you are buying. they are striking. amazon prime day expected to generate over $6 billion in sales. that would be of nearly 50% from a year ago. what's got amazon worker so fired up? fox business network at the amazon fulfillment center in minnesota. >> what is being touted as the first of its kind, we have here at the shakopee amazon fulfillment center walking off the job. they didn't walk off the job on cyber monday and didn't strike on black friday but they are doing it on prime day. one of two days this year. what are they upset with? it is not paper we have amazon raising the m...

Owners of large corporations won't pay workers, we will tax them 100% of the public assistance benefits that they are workers are forced to rely on. that is dollar for dollar. so if they need $300 of food stamps, they will pay $200 of taxes to cover it. groups say that this will not help lift wages, it will lead to more job losses, more automatio automation. amazon and mcdonald's for any comments, still waiting to hear back from them. >> neil: amazon, i think, as a company, collectively pays its people pretty well. walmart learned that if you do boost wages a little bit, you can get these kind...