There’s No Labor Shortage. Pay Workers What They Deserve.
It’s not that people don’t want to work — it’s that they don’t want to work for so little.
Health
How Corporations Pumped Up CEO Pay While Their Low-Wage Workers Suffered in the Pandemic
More than half of the country’s 100 largest low-wage employers rigged pay rules in 2020 to give CEOs 29 percent average raises while their frontline employees made 2 percent less.
The Workers They Called ‘Non-People’
The Biden Administration has a duty to acknowledge the humanity of the workforce they’ve deemed “essential.”
Progressives Urge Biden to Go Bigger, Bolder, Faster in Spending and Tax Plans
Leading research and movement organizations and progressive Democrats call for rapid passage of legislation to transform the economy.
Biden’s Plan Invests in Quality Home Care, Not Dangerous For-Profit Nursing Homes
New research reveals nursing homes owned by private equity investors have higher death rates.
Global Billionaire Wealth Surges $4 Trillion Over Pandemic
The cost of vaccinating the world is estimated at $141.2 billion.
If the Minimum Wage Had Increased as Much as Wall Street Bonuses Since 1985, It Would Be Worth $44 Today
The 2020 bonus pool for 182,100 securities industry employees could pay for more than 1 million jobs paying $15 per hour for a year.
As Rich Nations Protect Corporate Patents, the Global Vaccine Divide is Widening
People in high-income countries that represent 16 percent of the world’s population have received 56 percent of doses.
Who Are the 10 Biggest Pandemic Profiteers?
One year after the Covid-19 pandemic began, U.S. billionaires have made out like gangbusters at the expense of workers.