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For anyone wondering why the UAW has demanded a 40% wage increase:
That percentage is based directly off the 40% increase in pay for the big three automaker CEOs.
Why is it that when workers demand fair pay, there's an uproar — but nobody bats an eye when exec pay skyrockets?
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The CEO of Live Nation — the parent company of TicketMaster — received $139 million in compensation last year.
Meanwhile, the median Live Nation employee was paid $25,673.
That’s a CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 5,414-to-1.
FIVE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN TO ONE.