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Znet Article Sklar: CEOs to Workers: More for Me, Less for You

Znet Article, July, 27 2011 Holly Sklar
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It’s no accident wages are down while corporate profits are up

Znet Article Sklar: Wall Street Has Already Voted

Znet Article, November, 01 2010 Holly Sklar
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Before Wall Street drove our economy off a cliff, bullish Citigroup strategists dubbed the United States a "plutonomy."

Znet Article Sklar: Minimum wage stuck in the 1950s

Znet Article, July, 24 2009 Holly Sklar
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Are you better off than you were 40 years ago? Not if you're a minimum wage worker.

Commentary Sklar: Corporate executives overpaid, undertaxed

Commentary, February, 15 2009 Holly Sklar
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In today's mad world, underpaid workers are bailing out banks and corporations run by overpaid, undertaxed bosses who milked their companies and our country like cash cows.

Commentary Sklar: Minimum wage raise too little, too late

Commentary, August, 04 2008 Holly Sklar
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Minimum wage workers have been stuck in a losing game of "Mother May I" with the federal government. Workers step forward when the government says yes to raising the minimum wage. Workers step backward when the cost of living increases, but the mi...

Commentary Sklar: Tax Day Gifts for the Rich

Commentary, May, 02 2008 Holly Sklar
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When it comes to cutting taxes for the wealthy, President Bush can truly say, "Mission accomplished."

Commentary Sklar: Billionaires Up, America Down

Commentary, November, 09 2007 Holly Sklar
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When it comes to producing billionaires, America is doing great.

Book Medoff: Streets of Hope

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Commentary Sklar: Pay CEOs less, minimum wage workers more

Commentary, August, 12 2007 Holly Sklar
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Minimum wage workers made $5.15 an hour when Harry Potter became a sensation a decade ago, and nothing more until July 24, three days after the final Harry Potter book release.

Zmag Article Sklar: Imagine A Country: Life in the new millenium

Zmag Article, June, 01 2007 Holly Sklar
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Imagine a country where one out of five children is born into poverty and wealth is being redistributed upward. Since the 1970s, the top 1 percent of households has doubled their share of the nation’s wealth. The top 1 percent has close...

Znet Article Sklar: Minimum Wage Raise Is Good for Business

Znet Article, February, 12 2007 Holly Sklar
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The minimum wage is headed for a raise -- back to the 1950s. That's right, even after rising from $5.15 now to $7.25 in 2009, the federal minimum wage will still be lower than it was in 1956, when it was $7.41 in today's dollars.  The minimum wage...

Commentary Sklar: Minimum wage breaks no-raise record

Commentary, December, 29 2006 Holly Sklar
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Every year, PNC Wealth Management calculates the "Christmas Price Index" based on gifts in the song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas." PNC reports, "Maids-a-Milking, who are paid the minimum wage, were the only service providers not to see an increa...

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