Group Seeking $30 Minimum Wage for All of LA Now Looking to Tax Excessive CEO Pay

Group seeking $30 minimum wage for all of LA now looking to tax excessive CEO pay

A hospitality union submitted two new citywide initiative proposals Tuesday aimed at addressing “excessive CEO-to-worker pay ratios,” one week after the same group initiated efforts to expand a $30-an-hour minimum wage to more workers in Los Angeles. Unite Here Local 11 — which represents more than 32,000 workers employed in hotels, restaurants, airports and other industries throughout Southern California and Arizona — filed the two initiatives …

Labor Unions Are a Driver of Abundance, Not an Obstacle

While Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s book steered clear of the labor movement, centrist journalist Josh Barro has ignited a debate about whether unions stand in the way of abundance.

Labor Union Files Two New Voter Initiatives Zoning In on Excessive CEO Pay

A hospitality union Tuesday submitted two new citywide initiative proposals aimed at addressing “excessive CEO-to-worker pay ratios,” one week after the same group initiated efforts to expand a $30-an-hour minimum wage to more workers in Los Angeles. Unite Here Local 11 — which represents more than 32,000 workers employed in hotels, restaurants, airports, and other industries throughout Southern California and Arizona — filed the two initiatives…

$30 Wage Fight Escalates as New Poll Reveals Economic Concerns

LOS ANGELES — A new poll released this week by the Center for Union Facts, suggests that some Los Angeles voters — including those from union households — believe a recently approved $30 minimum wage for hotel and airport workers…

Are Big Airlines’ CEOs Overpaid Or Underpaid?

The post Are Big Airlines’ CEOs Overpaid Or Underpaid? appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Scott Kirby, United Airlines’ CEO (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post) Denver Post via Getty Images High and wildly fluctuating fuel prices. Enormously expensive assets that must be bought and maintained in near-perfect condition. Tens of thousands of (mostly) well-paid employees and their powerful, sometimes contentious unions. Extraordinarily powerfu…