Tag: wage gap

I’m talking about expanding something called the Earned Income Tax Credit, or EITC. And although it’s been around for decades, it can be the basis of a revolutionary change in the lives of millions of people.

"Because it is time that we pay people what they are worth and not how little they are desperate enough to accept."

Corporate boards simply play by market rules. If they don’t, they risk losing their executive talent.

"This is what a rigged economy looks like and it must end."

Join Bernie Sanders, along with workers from Amazon, Disney, McDonald’s, American Airlines and Walmart, for a town hall tonight at 7 p.m.

"With workers worldwide being left behind, we need to build an economy that works for everyone, not just the few at the top."

If we want to reverse soaring income inequality, curbing CEO pay has to be on the agenda.

Full employment through a federal job guarantee makes sense – for workers, for the economy, for America.

These 160 Americans had a combined net worth of $1.7 trillion. In the last year, they have increased their net worth by $312 billion.

The Oregon city has just adopted the first tax penalty on corporations with extreme gaps between their CEO and worker pay.