Amazon may have backed out of New York City, but it’s still got one HQ2 left in Arlington, Virginia. A $23 million contract has been drawn up for a country board to vote on March 16th, and The Washington Post saw the terms of the agreement early.
The contract doesn’t require Amazon to provide construction workers with a living wage, what would typically be called a project labor agreement, and it doesn’t ask Amazon to contribute to Arlington’s affordable housing trust fund.
It’s almost as if Arlington is afraid to ask for favors after Amazon reconsidered its deal in New York and withdrew at the last minute. New York was one of two chosen winners for HQ2 last November, and plans were already in discussion. But large protests and…
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