Corporations Should Share the Wealth Before Buying Back Stock
Senator Sanders has introduced a bill that would ban Walmart and other big corporations from repurchasing their stock unless they narrow the gaps between CEO and worker pay.
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US, UK Progressive Leaders Aim to Open Corporate Boardrooms to Workers
UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren have both launched plans to shift the balance of power from shareholders to workers, including requiring worker representation on boards.
Executive Excess: How Taxpayers Subsidize Giant Corporate Pay Gaps
More than two-thirds of the top federal contractors and corporate subsidy recipients paid their CEO more than 100 times their median worker pay in 2017.
Taxpayers Are Footing the Bill for Sky-High CEO Salaries
Billions in U.S. taxpayer dollars, a new Institute for Policy Studies report details, are going to CEOs who pay their workers peanuts. We can change that.
The Arithmetic of the CEO-Worker Pay Divide
Sometimes percentages alone don’t do justice to the injustice of corporate compensation.
The Market Made Them Do It
Corporate boards are asking us to blame sky-high CEO pay on the laws of supply and demand.
About Those Low CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratios
This year’s historic new CEO-worker pay gap disclosures have revealed a handful of big companies with modest internal pay gaps. Should we be applauding?
Fighting Obfuscation with Certification
Businesses can earn good-conduct certificates for how well they treat the environment. We need certificates for good conduct on pay gaps, too.
The Wall Street Con Now Shredding Our Economic Future
Why bother building world-class enterprises, U.S. CEOs have concluded, when you can artificially pump up your share price — and your personal fortune — with stock buybacks?