Can Economic Populism Win Back the Rust Belt? We asked 3,000 residents of Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania

The Labor Institute and Rutgers LEARN Center teamed with The Center for Working Class Politics and Jacobin to poll residents of the formerly blue wall states in the Midwest. We asked what they thought about the Dems, the GOP, and the issues that mattered most to them. And they told us. Download the whole report by clicking here.

Institute for Policy Studies Report: Corporations Change Rules to Increase CEO Pay During Pandemic, Layoff Workers

The details are in this report: https://ips-dc.org/how-corporations-pumped-up-ceo-pay-while-their-low-wage-workers-suffered-in-the-pandemic/ Just one juicy detail among many: “Hilton CEO Christopher Nassetta had the largest paycheck among the rule-rigging companies. After he failed to meet the goals associated with his multi-year stock awards, the board “modified” the awards by disregarding poor 2020 financial results and changing the performance metrics. Those maneuvers inflated his total compensation to $56 million — 1,953 times as much as the company’s median worker pay of $28,608 in 2020.” The article suggests support for the Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act, currently in Congress, which would impose a graduated tax depending on …

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