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Mark DeSaulnier: “It's troubling to me when I see--not to vilify CEOs of publicly traded companies, but, for instance, publicly traded…”

On the recordFebruary 15, 2017
It's troubling to me when I see--not to vilify CEOs of publicly traded companies, but, for instance, publicly traded fast-food restaurants have gone up in compensation by almost 1,000 percent since the 1970s, while workers wages have raised about 11 percent but their productivity has gone up 70 percent.
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Mark DeSaulnier
Democratic · California

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DeSaulnier highlights wage disparity between CEOs and workers over decades.

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