Tag: wage gap

Due to Washington inaction, millions of essential workers continue to earn poverty wages, while the reckless bonus culture is alive and well on Wall Street.

“Working people bore the brunt of COVID-19 and its impact on the U.S. economy.”

Study after study has linked higher income to better health.

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.