According to the 2021 edition of the Executive Paywatch report released today by the AFL-CIO, the average CEO-to-worker pay ratio at S&P 500 companies in North Carolina was 235:1 in 2020. On average, North Carolina CEOs made $13,302,100 in total compensation in 2020, up from $12,007,943 in 2019. Results once again show massive CEO-to-worker pay disparity and inequality among S&P 500 companies.
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You can now watch the full video of Les Leopold’s presentation at the International Longshoremen Local 1426’s hall about Runaway Inequality, his latest book which answers the question, “What happened to the American Dream?”
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May 12, 2017
Top 10 Highest-Paid CEOs in North Carolina
In 2016, the average total compensation for S&P 500 company CEOs was $13.1 million, according to the latest Executive Paywatch report by the AFL-CIO. In contrast, production and nonsupervisory workers earned only $37,632, on average, in 2016—a CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 347 to 1.
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May 19, 2016
N.C. CEOs paid 271 times the average American worker
CEO pay for major companies in North Carolina continues to soar as income inequality and outsourcing of good-paying American jobs increases.
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February 26, 2016
N.C. 4th worst for having a dying middle class
North Carolina ranks 4th among states with a dying middle class, according to a recent report by USA Today.
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January 8, 2016
CEOs already made more than average workers will all year
You won’t believe how little these CEOs had to work to do it (or maybe you will).
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December 11, 2015
Pew: Majority of U.S. families no longer middle-class
An alarming report by The Pew Research Center out this week indicates the United States could become the world’s first post-middle class society.
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May 22, 2015
Time to do something about CEO pay
This month the AFL-CIO released this year’s edition of Executive Paywatch—the most comprehensive searchable database tracking CEO pay. Last year, CEO pay for major U.S. companies—already egregious—increased nearly 16 percent. Time for the S.E.C. to crack down!
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February 20, 2015
Petition: Tell NCGA to reject regressive tax hikes
Sign this petition by our friends at Progress North Carolina Action telling NC lawmakers you won’t stand for any more tax hikes on working families!
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Think 331 to 1 is a ridiculous pay gap between the average CEO and the average worker? According to a shocking new report by think tank Demos, fast-food CEOs make 1000 times what they pay their average workers, and that’s down from 1200 to 1 in 2012.
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January 10, 2014
The Daily Show explains: Slumdogs vs. Millionaires
The Daily Show’s takedown Thursday night of Fox News’ crusade against unemployment benefits is not-to-be-missed.
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January 10, 2014
“Inequality for All” 50 years after the ‘War on Poverty’ (1/28)
RSVP for a free screening of “Inequality for All” at Peace University on Tuesday, Jan. 28.
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November 14, 2013
Fighting inequality begins by saying “union”
Let’s have a conversation that matters. Let’s talk about unions.
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April 19, 2013
CEO pay and you: It’s NOT a good thing!
In the past few decades, CEO pay has skyrocketed while the average worker’s pay has stagnated despite increases in productivity. Learn more about the pervasive inequality in the United States and spread the word.
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Despite being more productive, North Carolina wage earners are earning almost 5% less than before the recession. This new economic reality has turned economic convention on its head.