Tag: wage gap
Why do corporate boards so overpay US CEOs?
Corporate boards simply play by market rules. If they don’t, they risk losing their executive talent.
Bernie Sanders takes on corporate power and wealth inequality during town...
"This is what a rigged economy looks like and it must end."
Sanders hosts ‘CEOs vs. Workers’ town hall to take on ‘extravagant’...
Join Bernie Sanders, along with workers from Amazon, Disney, McDonald’s, American Airlines and Walmart, for a town hall tonight at 7 p.m.
As global 1% seize economy’s gains, ‘unprecedented wage stagnation’ for everyone...
"With workers worldwide being left behind, we need to build an economy that works for everyone, not just the few at the top."
Can anything bring CEO pay back down to Earth?
If we want to reverse soaring income inequality, curbing CEO pay has to be on the agenda.
Thinking beyond Trump: Why we need a federal jobs guarantee
Full employment through a federal job guarantee makes sense – for workers, for the economy, for America.
160 Americans now control $2 trillion of wealth
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.
Historic CEO pay tax passes in Portland
The Oregon city has just adopted the first tax penalty on corporations with extreme gaps between their CEO and worker pay.
New Evidence That Women Make Less Than Their Male Coworkers With...
Women can't escape unequal pay.
The Big Chill: How Big Money Is Buying Off Criticism of...
In Washington's "think-tank" study on inequality, they fail to mention how big corporations and Wall Street have weakened the nation's labor and antitrust laws. So whose side is Washington really on?