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Data Bank Focus: Income Disparity
… other demonstrations against corporate America may be haphazardly organized and lack cogency, but a look at the growing income disparity in the country suggests why protesters are so angry. U.S. Census results show that the 20 percent of households earning …
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Expect a Ruckus—Real World or Virtual—If You Don't Heed Workers' Demand for Dignity
… income," which includes interest, dividends, and other investment returns. And this trend has contributed to income inequality in America. The report is another sign that since the 1980s owners and management have had the upper hand over workers …
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Bloomberg Outlines Ambitious 2012 Agenda
… wage. While Bloomberg opposes a living-wage bill in the City Council, he did acknowledge the growing concern over income inequality and the struggle for people to pay for the basics. He said he'd support Silver's proposal to raise the minimum …
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Obama Would Strengthen Unions, Move Toward Labor Law Overhaul
… Democratic majorities will be stronger on Capitol Hill and a Democrat might occupy the White House. She cited rising income inequality as a reason for Congress to consider changing the National Labor Relations Act. "I would welcome comprehensive …
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Risk, Reward, and How Angel Yu Got to the 32nd Floor
… capacity for handling complexity could be a key strength as the entire world grapples with tricky issues such as economic inequality and climate change. Angel Yu may be an example of a new generation of Chinese leaders prepared for an ever-more …
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China to the Rescue?
Severe pollution. Extreme economic inequality . Religious strife. China suffers from all these maladies ..... most vexing problems, including climate change and social inequality . "As its leadership capacity increases, it will be able …
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Short-Handed NLRB Sets Aside 15 Percent of Cases, Chair Tells Senate
… â Unionization is in decline in most Western democracies,â Schaumber said. Liebman maintained that rising income inequality demonstrates that the National Labor Relations Act, which has been in place for more than 60 years, is not working …
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Are Employers Missing the All-for-One, One-for-All Moment?
… A 2007 study by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press found signs of growing public concern about income inequality and a pattern of rising support since the mid-1990s for government action to help disadvantaged Americans. The …
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Ubuntu-nomics, or What the Boston Celtics Teach Us About Success
… People & the Press found increased public support for the social safety net and signs of growing public concern about income inequality . Today, those communal impulses are growing stronger, I suspect, as jobs get cut, homes are foreclosed upon …
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Employers May Want to Get off Sidelines in Dialogue on Worker Economic Insecurity
… as the labor market threatens to tighten and places a premium on attracting talent. More broadly, anger about economic inequality may trigger new regulations on firms. And fears of offshoring could translate into protectionist laws that hurt the …
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Shareholder Revolt Is your CEO Worth $39 Million
… As co-director of Boston-based United for a Fair Economy (UFE), he focuses public attention and action on economic inequality in the United States. Whenever he's asked to speak, he invites the audience to imagine the following: "If …
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A Call for More Shareholder Say in Executive Pay
… Soaring executive pay exacerbates growing income disparity , Frank argues. He cited statistics showing ..... But he doesnâ t advocate eliminating inequality , just reducing it. â Inequality is necessary in a capitalistic system …
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Frank Urges Execs to Join With Washington to Curb Income Gap
… â diminish the excessive inequality that exists in society today ..... nationâ s rapidly expanding income disparity , in which the pay of top executives ..... that a certain amount of inequality is necessary in a capitalist ..... he added that â too much inequality can become counterproductive …
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Social Security Reform Wait Till Next Year, or the Next ..
… the top of the income scale,â said Melissa Favreault, senior research associate at the Urban Institute. The widening income disparity in the past 25 years has lowered the percentage of U.S. wages that are taxed under Social Security to 84 percent in 2006 from …