Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/04/fed-pushes-get-wages-down-study-shows-ceo-pay-has-soared-1460-1978 Ordinary workers, by contrast, saw their pay rise just 18.1% in the 43 years between 1978 and 2021, a new analysis finds. JAKE JOHNSON October 4, 2022 An analysis published Tuesday shows that the top executives of the … Continued
From Inequality.org (https://inequality.org/): This summer, low-wage workers are uniting like never before. One major reason? The huge gap between the hundreds of millions paid to CEOs, and the poverty wages paid to average workers. The latest Inequality.org report — profiled … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/07/19/ceos-not-working-people-are-causing-inflation-report-shows-soaring-executive-pay “When you look at those numbers and at CEOs trying to blame workers for inflation, it just doesn’t add up,” said the secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO. JAKE JOHNSON July 19, 2022 The AFL-CIO’s latest annual analysis of top … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): In honor of April Fools’ Day, we give you three charts that should be April Fools’ jokes—but unfortunately are all too real. CEOs make 351 times as much as typical workers From 1978 to … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/08/14/now-earning-278-times-more-average-worker-new-study-shows-ceo-pay-has-grown-more Published on Wednesday, August 14, 2019 by Common Dreams “Corporate greed is eviscerating the working class.” By Julia Conley, staff writer CEOs of the top companies in the U.S., like Amazon executive Jeff Bezos, took home salaries … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/07/20/worker-wages-flat-1978-ceo-pay-has-soared-outrageous-937 Published on Thursday, July 20, 2017 by Common Dreams New analysis shows how corporate bosses rake in huge salaries and bonuses as inequality continues to soar By Jake Johnson, staff writer “Rising executive pay is not connected … Continued