@author_matthewflagler: Walmart’s CEO received approximately $29 MILLION in annual compensation. Its median employee received just over $30,000. That’s a CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio of nearly 1,000 to 1. Meanwhile, Costco’s CEO-to-median-worker compensation ratio was approximately 283 to 1. Costco pays comparatively higher wages, provides employee benefits, and still reported more than $8 BILLION in annual profits. So here’s my question: If workers help generate a company’s profits, shouldn’t they share in that success? In this episode of Who Gets Left Behind? | Social Justice in Canada, we’re talking about corporate profits, executive compensation, wage inequality, profit-sharing, and why economic growth doesn’t automatically mean greater prosperity for working people. I’m not arguing that businesses shouldn’t make profits. Investors deserve returns. Entrepreneurs deserve rewards. Good leadership deserves compensation. But so do the people stocking shelves, unloading trucks, operating cash registers, and keeping those businesses running. And no, Carl, rewarding workers isn’t communism. 😂 Because when the economy grows, the question shouldn’t simply be how much wealth was created. It should be: WHO BENEFITED? Do you think companies should share more of their profits with employees? Let me know in the comments. Note: Compensation figures are in US dollars, drawn from Walmart’s and Costco’s respective corporate disclosures. Employee figures represent worldwide medians, including part-time workers, and are not directly equivalent to full-time hourly wages. #socialjustice #corporategreed #costofliving #incomeinequality #workersrights

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