What’s a CEO worth?
Some French lawmakers are pursing a goal that needs to be more widespread. They are seeking to cap pay for corporate executives at 20 times the earnings of a company’s…
Compensation
Compensation for hospital workers has declined for years. But Ford still wants more
Despite the urgent attempts of the Ford government to decrease the real wages of hospital workers (via Bill 124 and their plan to appeal the courts declaring that legislation unconstitutional),…
CEO pay—how much is too much?
The American Federation of Labor (AFL-CIO) has compiled a list of CEO compensation in 19 developed countries and the results are of considerable interest to Canadians. It turns out that…
Desmond Tutu raises climate compensation ahead of UN Climate Summit
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 Last week Nobel Peace Prize winner, and one of the spiritual leaders of our time, Archbishop Desmond Tutu called on governments to make fossil fuel companies…
We’ll All Be Singing This Tune Before Long
It goes like this: “If we had had more ambition , we would not have to ask for so much for adaptation. If there had been more money for adaptation…
Will your tax dollars subsidize BC’s unsustainable fish farms?
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 How’s this for a business model: You bring together thousands of fish, stick them in an open net in the ocean, despite warnings that the conditions…