The AFL-CIO launched its updated and expanded Executive PayWatch
webpage Monday, which tracks CEO pay of some of the largest U.S.
companies and highlights the country’s growing wealth inequality.
The
site’s new data shows that American business executives continued to do very
well for themselves last year, while average workers struggled to make
ends meet, said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.
“These CEOs
really should be ashamed for trying to balance the budget on the backs
of American working people, while at the same time demanding corporate
tax cuts for overseas profits,” Trumka said on a conference call with
reporters.
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