At Major US Corporations, Employees Would Have to Work 1,000 Years to Earn What CEOs Made in One: Report
“Tax penalties on extreme CEO-worker pay gaps would encourage large corporations to narrow their divides.”
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This Is The Longest Period Without A Federal Minimum Wage Increase Since Law Enacted in 1938
Congress set a record this month: It’s now been nearly 10 years since lawmakers have raised the federal minimum wage, marking the longest period in history that it’s remained stagnant.
Welfare, But for CEOs
A new report shows how the United States is lining corporate executives’ pockets with tax dollars.
The New Poor People’s Campaign Continues Where MLK Left Off, to Fight for Economic Justice (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
Fifty years after Martin Luther King called for a march to Washington, D.C., to draw attention to poverty in America, the Poor People’s Campaign is being revived. Led by the Rev. William Barber, marches from across the nation will again head to the nation’s capital on June 23.
800 Million Jobs Will Be Lost to Robots and Automation by 2030
As many as 800 million workers worldwide may lose their jobs to robots and automation by 2030, equivalent to more than a fifth of today’s global labor force, according to a new study by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI).