Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Tag: CEOs

Have our corporate chiefs become expendable?

Analysts across the political spectrum are challenging more than oversized CEO paychecks

Wall Street bonuses decline but still dwarf worker pay increases since...

Since 2008, growth in the average Wall Street bonus has far outstripped wage growth for ordinary U.S. workers.

‘CEOs, not working people, are causing inflation’: Report shows soaring executive...

"When you look at those numbers and at CEOs trying to blame workers for inflation, it just doesn't add up," said the secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO.

Keeping workers poor is bad for business

At America's biggest low-wage employers, chief executives now pocket 670 times more than their workers.

Low-wage employers spent billions inflating CEO pay through stock buybacks

President Biden has the power to crack down on executive excess by imposing new CEO pay and buyback restrictions on federal contractors.

Report warns taxpayer money is fueling ‘pandemic greed grab’ by US...

Amazon, which has reported $10.3 billion in recent federal contracts, paid CEO Andy Jassy 6,474 times more than it paid its median worker last year.

Our outrageous CEO-worker pay gap: Unfair and unwise

Why support for capping CEO pay will only keep growing.

Blame corporate greed for inflation

CEOs are taking every opportunity to further pad their own pockets. Here’s how to hold them accountable.

CEO’s newfound concern for democracy is bunk

Joe Biden intends to raise corporate taxes, increase the minimum wage, break up Big Tech, and strengthen labor unions.

How CEOs are ruining America

Big American corporations aren’t organized to promote the wellbeing of Americans, and Americans cannot thrive within a system run largely by corporations.

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The Santa Ana by Joan Didion

Written by Joan Didion, The Santa Ana ("Los Angeles Notebook"/Slouching Towards Bethlehem) was published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1965.

LA wildfire victims face exploitation as landlords hike rents in violation of emergency laws

As wildfires devastate Los Angeles, landlords face accusations of illegal rent hikes, with tenant advocates calling for urgent government intervention.

Supreme Court urged to hear youth climate case after 43 lawmakers back constitutional challenge

Lawmakers support youth-led lawsuit demanding government accountability on climate policies.

Amazon quietly rescinds pledges to protect Black and LGBTQ rights amid growing corporate rollbacks

Major corporations quietly abandon equity commitments as political pressures rise, sparking concerns for marginalized communities.