LABOR VIDEO OF THE WEEK (Mr. Lee - Rock Bottom Broke)
Lawrence Smoot | Published on 8/18/2024
Mr. Lee - Rock Bottom Broke (Official Video) | Workers Song
Speaking of which, the AFL-CIO just released this year’s Executive Paywatch. This year’s report puts CEO-to-worker pay ratios in historical perspective by comparing how long the median worker would need to work to the construction dates of various world wonders over the history of human civilization. For example - one company's median worker would have to work starting in 4,053 B.C. in order to earn what the CEO made in 2023. For comparison, the Great Pyramid of Giza was built circa 2,560 B.C.