Executive Council Statement
Higher Pay for Everyone, Not Just for Some
… priority is increasing wages and incomes for everyone, not just for some. Specifically, America’s economic policies need to focus on restoring the link between productivity and wage growth. For three decades after the second World War, a wise set … more Americans a sense that the rules of the game are rigged and we do not all have an equal chance to get ahead. They are right, of course, and the evidence is all around us. Racial and ethnic wage gaps have not been narrowed; the gender pay gap … by unions has fallen, more and more businesses have gotten away with replacing full-time positions with part-time work. In these situations, what’s really needed is full-time employment—or at least adequate hours—and restoring workers’ …