🚨 Thrilled to release w/ @kathrynsbach & @StatelerLaura new @BrookingsMetro report -our most ambitious yet:

"Profits & the Pandemic: As shareholder wealth soared, workers were left behind"

We assess 22 leading companies during the pandemic.

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brookings.edu/research/profi… .@kathrynsbach @StatelerLaura & I ask: did the biggest corporations live up to their commitments & pandemic moment to finally adopt a more inclusive model?

Did workers -- and not just shareholders -- benefit from gains? Were losses shared equitably? Do companies pay fairly? 2/

🚨 🚨 New @brookingsmetro post from @StatelerLaura & me:

"@Amazon & @Walmart have raked in billions in profits during pandemic & shared almost none of it w/ their workers."

We compare 1st-of-its-kind data on profits, #HazardPay & billionaire wealth. 1/

brookings.edu/blog/the-avenu… Despite earning $10.7 billion in *additional* profit during the pandemic compared to last year, and generating enormous shareholder wealth, @Amazon and @Walmart were among the least generous of the 13 companies we studied in our Nov report.

brookings.edu/essay/windfall…

In fact, 2/

🚨 🚨 Excited to share my favorite publication yet: new @brookingsmetro report w/ @StatelerLaura @JuliaTDu

"Windfall profits & deadly risks: How the biggest retail companies are compensating #EssentialWorkers during the #COVID19 pandemic"

brookings.edu/essay/windfall…

A 🧵 1/ We ask: are the biggest retail companies in America that are booming during -and b/c of- the pandemic sharing windfall profits w/ workers who are making the least & risking the most? As pandemic worsens, what $ should workers earn, and what *have* they earned during pandemic? 2/