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Are Indiana’s corporate executives overpaid? A new report from the AFL-CIO finds that CEOs of Indiana companies in the S&P 500 index earned more than 306 times the amount of…more»

All of us would like to live in a world where people always do the right thing — without anybody looking over their shoulder. But that world doesn’t exist and…more»

Nearly a half million workers in the United States will see a pay increase in April. Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, announced today that it was raising the base pay…more»

The gulf between rich and poor people in America has hit a new record. An analysis released Wednesday by Pew Research Center finds that the wealth gap between the top…more»

While wages have declined across all sectors in the years following the financial crash of 2008, low-paid workers have been hit the hardest, the National Employment Law Project (NELP) reported…more»

Increasing income inequality is hindering U.S. economic growth and weakening the country’s ability to recover from the Great Recession, according to a new analysis by the financial services agency Standard…more»