Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Tag: Corporate America

Who’s to blame for out-of-control corporate power?

The public is waking up to the outsized power corporations wield over our economy and democracy. It’s about time.

Some new hope for a check on CEO compensation

A Delaware state court ruling has shaken up the pay world for corporate executives.

Your employer can now match your student loan repayments as 401(k)...

When someone makes a student loan payment, their employer can contribute that same amount of money to the employee’s retirement plan under Section 110 of a federal law known as the SECURE Act 2.0.

Sick of outrageously excessive CEO compensation?

America’s top health care execs would rather we not.

The 100 largest low-wage employers have spent $341 billion on stock...

And yet top executives seem to have little trouble finding resources for enriching themselves and wealthy shareholders.

How about a general strike against Dollar General?

The brutal Dollar General approach to managing retail has paid off handsomely—for Dollar General investors and execs.

Median pay of top US CEOs jumped to record $22.3 million...

Analysis has shown companies have used inflation as an excuse to unnecessarily raise prices and have pocketed the increased profits.

‘Illegal corporate price-fixing’ is rampant in US economy: Report

"Oligopolies are not just a cause of inflation. They exacerbate social and economic inequality, and thus weaken democracy."

Imagine a world where CEOs get paid $3 million a year

Being a well-paid CEO means something very different today than it did fifty years ago.

This one thing would increase wages by $300 billion 

Non-compete agreements block workers from seeing higher wages or better working conditions. And they enlarge corporate monopoly power by stifling competition.

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Trump expected to appoint Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, drawing alarm over aggressive...

Known for his strident foreign policy positions, Rubio has consistently backed increased U.S. intervention abroad.

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The world as it might be (or do I mean might have been?)

Back off, doom and gloomers. Offset grief by embracing looming, if chance Trump blessings 

In a world no single force can control, one can still imagine the range of theoretical positives from Trumpism 2.0

Civil society groups demand Senate block military aid to Israel amid human rights concerns

The coalition launched the “No More Weapons for Israel’s War” campaign, urging millions of their members across the U.S. to call on their senators to support joint resolutions of disapproval (JRDs) to block the transfer.

“Billionaires and big corporations sharpening their knives”: Progressive tax groups sound alarm over Trump’s...

With a Congress poised to push for sweeping tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, progressive organizations brace for a fierce battle to prevent policies that would deepen inequality and burden working Americans.