The nation has ample resources to ensure that every worker is paid enough to afford housing, food and other necessities of daily life.
Anything less is intolerable. nyti.ms/2CcivOn
Anything less is intolerable. nyti.ms/2CcivOn
America’s business leaders once bragged about how well they looked after their employees, and how much they contributed to society in taxes. But in recent decades—as the U.S. economy expanded and C.E.O. salaries skyrocketed—workers have been left behind. nyti.ms/2CcivOn
In recent months, the government has responded to the coronavirus pandemic by pumping into the economy trillions of dollars aimed mostly at preserving wealth rather than jobs. nyti.ms/2CcivOn
The federal minimum wage needs to be raised to $15 an hour, with regular adjustments for inflation. A growing number of state and local governments have made the leap, with no evidence of dire consequences. nyti.ms/2CcivOn
Many large employers, particularly in the restaurant and retail sectors, do not provide paid sick leave to all their workers, a refusal that is not only callous, but has endangered workers and customers during the pandemic. nyti.ms/2CcivOn
In June 1933, President Roosevelt called on employers to embrace an “industrial covenant” — a commitment to provide “living wages and sustained employment.” nyti.ms/2CcivOn
Employers continue to resist basic logic, seeking short-term savings at the expense of their own long-term prosperity. nyti.ms/2CcivOn
"We live in an era of profits without broad prosperity, but the power to rewrite the rules of the market is in our hands."
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