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Panich52

(5,829 posts)
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 02:33 PM Mar 2015

Workers need more power than shareholders for salaries to rise

Why salaries don’t rise - The Washington Post

"The decimation of private-sector unions has flatly eliminated the ability of large numbers of U.S. workers to bargain collectively for better pay or working conditions. But the ability of financiers to threaten the jobs of corporate managers unless they fork over more cash to shareholders has greatly increased.”

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