INJUSTICE AT WORK

INJUSTICE AT WORK

How Much Insult Will Workers Accept?

Striking automakers resent industry CEOs making $20 million plus a year, though, in reality that's not excessive for American CEOs.

Patricia G. Barnes, J.D.
Sep 17, 2023
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Henry Ford hiked the pay of autoworkers in 1914 to $5 an hour so they could afford to buy the cars they produced.

Let’s be honest.

The CEOs of Ford Motor Company, General Motors and Chrysler-owned Stellantis are not the highest paid in America - by far.

But they make enough to present a very persuasive talking point in the on-going United Auto Workers’ st…

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