The corporatization of America. When CEO's make as much as they do and you and I make shit, duh!!!
It’s a question a vast number of California workers, a
third of whom make $15 an hour or less, haven’t had the opportunity to answer. Union participation is at
historic lows and collective bargaining is less prevalent in retail, restaurants and hotels — segments of the private sector with high concentrations of low-wage jobs.
California wants to change that. The
Future of Work Commission, convened by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom to think of moonshot goals for lifting millions of working Californians out of poverty, proposed getting more workers represented as part of the solution for stemming the state’s staggering wage gap. The commission, which included labor and business leaders, asserted in their final report released earlier this year that while a college degree reduces the chance of a low-wage job by 33%, union membership improves those odds by 39%. That could go a long way in a state where
one in three households with working adults struggle to afford basic necessities, while the
top 2% control 20% of the wealth.