Report: These 20 companies are paying poverty wages

A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies dubs 20 companies the “Low-Wage 20,” which includes retail giants like Amazon, Walmart, Target, and Kroger.

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Over the last 50 years, the chasm between average worker pay and CEO compensation has cracked wide open. Between 1978 and 2024, chief executive pay spiked by 1,094%, according to the Economic Policy Institute—which means the average CEO earns 281 times the average worker. 

A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies, a progressive research organization, captures how this........

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