Krista Collard
Injured workers and the loved ones of those killed on the job shared their stories at a remembrance ceremony for Workers Memorial Day on Tuesday, shining a light on how bad safety standards are in the workplace, even in 2014.
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Krista Collard
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When CEOs yearly compensation reaches levels of 1,700 times the pay of the company’s average worker, it’s pretty obvious that something, somewhere has gone terribly wrong. As most people are left scratching their heads to find a solution all the talk has been met with nothing more than static inaction.
Read More AB 1897 passed the Committee on Labor and Employment on a party-line vote in a defeat for the 25 corporate lobbyists who tried to paint the bill as a “job killer.” Lawmakers, including Republicans on the committee, highlighted Taylor Farms as a “bad apple” whose abusive labor practices make laws like AB 1897 necessary. The California Labor Federation and Teamsters from Locals 439 and 601 stood with Taylor Farms food processing workers who traveled to Sacramento to lobin support of the legislation.
Diane Takvorian, Environmental Health Coalition
“Why do you care about jobs, you’re an environmental group?” I wish we had a dollar for every time someone said that to us.
EHC improves the health of children, families, neighborhoods and the natural environment in the San Diego/Tijuana region confronting the unjust consequences of toxic pollution, discriminatory land use, and unsustainable energy policies. EHC’s efforts focus on low-income communities of color in urbanized areas where economic and environmental justice go hand-in-hand.
Read MoreSteve Smith
The next time you order a burger at the drive-thru, think about 
this: The CEO of the fast-food joint makes more than 543 times the worker serving your food. Put another way, for an eight-hour shift, the single mom who is working the fryer is bringing home about $72. The CEO of that company, profiting off her back, gets about $14,000 for sitting in his cushy corner office barking orders at an unfortunate assistant.
The total compensation ratio, including benefits, is even more obscene. Fast-food CEOs receive on average more than 1,000 times the compensation of their workers.
This disparity isn’t the exception in the fast-food world; it’s the rule according to a new report Demos.
It’s good to be a CEO, at least paywise. According to the 2014 AFL-CIO Executive PayWatch, released today, it’s 331 times better to be a CEO than an average worker. PayWatch finds that the average CEO of an S&P 500 company pocketed $11.7 million in 2013, while the average worker earned $35,293. The gap between CEOs and minimum wage workers is more than twice as wide—774 times.
Read MoreThis April Fool’s Day, workers from around the Central Valley mobilized in front of the district office of Congressman Jeff Denham, calling on him to stop foolishly blocking strides to create badly needed jobs for his constituents.
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