need help re: living minimum wage and CEO/workers

[RainDog]

Hi. I am trying to get information from reputable peoeple/sources about living minimum wage and about the percentage of difference in the salaries of CEOs and the lowest salaries of people who work for them.

Can any of you tell me good people to search, or do you have some links to good, informative articles which discuss this issue...including both sides of the argument.

thank you in advance for any help you can give.

[mhr]

1. Start With a Google Search on "living wage"

I have done this and it brings up lots of hits as follow:

Living Wage Resource Center
Introduction to ACORN's Living Wage Web Site. Welcome to ACORN's
living wage website. What you will find here is a brief history ...
Description: Includes information on existing ordinances and current campaigns.
Category: Society > Issues > Labor > Living Wage
www.livingwagecampaign.org/ - 23k - Oct 3, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages

Welcome to the Universal Living Wage Campaign
Web site for the Universal Living Wage Campaign. Site contains ULW
formula, petition at secure link, articles, and background data ...
Description: Introduction, petition, donations, volunteer information, FAQ, rent statistics, legislation, and links.
Category: Society > Issues > Labor > Living Wage
www.universallivingwage.org/ - 7k - Cached - Similar pages

Living Wage Issue Guide | EPI
Printer Friendly Version. General Information on the Living Wage: Living wage
-- facts at a glance. Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about the living wage. ...
www.epinet.org/Issueguides/livingwage/livingwage.html - 15k - Oct 3, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages

RW - Living Wage
Business Leaders and Investors for a Living Wage. ... In many higher-cost regions,
a true living wage is substantially higher (up to $18 per hour). ...
Description: Report and FAQ about living wage from Responsible Wealth, a project of United for a Fair Economy.
Category: Society > Issues > Labor > Living Wage
www.responsiblewealth.org/living_wage/ - 16k - Cached - Similar pages

the harvard living wage campaign
A Campaign to Eliminate Poverty Wages at Harvard -- Because Workers Can't Eat Prestige
Description: Campaign to eradicate poverty wages at Harvard University. Includes a comprehensive report on poverty...
Category: Society > Issues > Labor > Living Wage
hcs.harvard.edu/~pslm/livingwage/ - 1k - Cached - Similar pages

Dane County Living Wage Campaign
Living Wages for a Stronger Community. ...
Description: Campaign reports and articles about Dane County's cost of living and wages.
Category: Society > Issues > Labor > Living Wage
www.solidarity.com/LivingWage/ - 5k - Cached - Similar pages

Educating for Justice - NikeWages.org
They made our shoes. Now they need our help. Join the month of global
action against sweatshops, May 2003 Between May 1 (Labour ...
Description: Human rights initiative designed and implemented to humanize Nike factory workers in Indonesia. ...
Category: Society > Issues > Business > Human Rights > Sweatshops
www.nikewages.org/ - 29k - Cached - Similar pages

DomainSpa.com - Monetized Domain Parking
Domain Traffic comes from several sources and according to industry statistics,
every parked domain (domain that is waiting to be developed) receives an ...
Description: Students, workers and others are staging a sit-in at Harvard University to call for a living wage...
Category: Society > Issues > Labor > Current Disputes
www.livingwagenow.com/ - 2k - Oct 3, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages

Minimum Wage/Living Wage
... Tax Credits. Earnings Supplements. Minimum Wage/Living Wage. Minimum Wage/Living
Wage Resources. Announcements. Organizational Links. General Publications. ...
Description: Articles from the Welfare Information Network.
Category: Society > Issues > Labor > Minimum Wage
www.financeprojectinfo.org/WIN/wages.asp - 63k - Oct 3, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages

England's First Living Wage Campaign
Description: An alliance of faith groups, unions, schools and community groups launches the first Living Wage...
Category: Society > Issues > Labor > Living Wage
www.livingwage.org.uk/ - 1k - Cached - Similar pages

[RainDog]

3. yes, thanks but I was thinking of articles

I read something recently which talked about the gap between CEO and worker salaries as the greatest since the Gilded Age.

I don't know if it was Krugman or someone else, but I thought folks who are in this forum might know.

Also, there was another mention not too long ago somewhere...that's useful...that the rate of job loss now is only matched by the Great Depression.

Also, someone wrote about the tax cut...maybe that's Krugman's article that's still up here, which said that a tax cut for those earning greater than 350k does not stimulate the economy, but a tax cut for those earning less does.

Also, another quote from Nobel-prize winning economists who came out against Bush's tax policies.

[LearnedHand]

8. From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:

http://www.cbpp.org/9-23-03tax-pr.htm

TWO DECADES OF EXTRAORDINARY GAINS FOR AFFLUENT AMERICANS YIELD WIDEST INCOME GAPS SINCE 1929, New Data Indicate

Data the Congressional Budget Office quietly released the Friday before Labor Day show that the real average after-tax income of the top one percent of the population rose a remarkable $576,000, or 201 percent, in the 1980s and 1990s, while the average income of those in the middle of the income scale rose $5,500 and income gaps between the top one percent and the rest of the nation widened dramatically. The new CBO data, analyzed in a Center study issued today, are the most comprehensive data now available on recent changes in incomes and taxes for different income groups.

The CBO data show that in 2000, the latest year the data cover, after-tax income was more heavily concentrated at the top of the income scale than at any other time in the 1979-2000 period that CBO examined. Other new data from an update of a National Bureau for Economic Research study that cover a longer time period indicate that before-tax income was more heavily concentrated at the top of the income scale in 2000 than at any point since 1929 (the NBER study did not consider the effect of taxes).

more...

[Gingersnap]

2. try the multinational monitor

I saw an article recently with this information. I think it was there and that they now have their issues on-line.

[RainDog]

4. again, thanks!

I've never heard of the multinational monitor. I'm trying to learn about these things, though.

[ikojo]

5. Something from a Harvard website...

http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~ss98em/Utility_primer_final.htm

"...For instance, in the 1960's the average chief executive officer (CEO) heading a large corporation made about 45 times as much as their average worker. By the end of the 1990's a typical CEO made 475 times as much as their average employee. Major corporations argue it is worth paying these astronomical salaries in order to recruit CEOs who inspire confidence among investors.  The question is whether society benefits when a few corporate executives receive millions while ordinary workers see pay increases of only a few dollars. Is social well-being enhanced when the very rich can build 10,000 square foot second homes, but the typical worker gets only enough for an extra tank of gas?"

[RainDog]

6. oh, and another one

where can you get information on job creation in the last year?

What sort of jobs were created, for instance...service sector or IT or whatever.

[mhr]

7. You Might Try BLS for Raw Data

that would be www.bls.gov I believe. This is the bureau of labor statistics.

[RainDog]

9. you guys are so kind

thanks so much.

I took my kids to see School Of Rock just now, and can't stop singing Immigrant's Song. oi.