Do something!

Friday, October 1, 1999
Posted by Jim Hightower

INFORMATION: The excellent study called "Decade of Executive Excess: The 1990s" by the Institute for Policy Studies and United For a Fair Economy is available for $6.50 postpaid from: 1998 Executive Excess Report, United for a Fair Economy, 37 Temple Place, 5th floor, Boston, MA 02111.

Check what CEOs at the major U.S. corporations take home by visiting the AFL-CIO's Paywatch site: www.paywatch.org.

For info on living wage campaigns around the country, go to the Employment Policies Institute at www.epionline.org/living.htm.

LEGISLATION: The Income Equity Act, HR 740, introduced by Rep. Martin Sabo (D- Minn.) to the House Ways & Means Committee will be more likely to move if there is a groundswell of public support. Call your representative (congressional switchboard: 202-224-3121) and voice your support for the bill. Ask her to co- sponsor it (or thank her if she is already a co-sponsor).

AGITATE: A group of investors calling themselves Responsible Wealth has launched a series of shareholder actions to begin linking the pay of the top brass to the wages of workers. To learn more about their efforts call Responsible Wealth at 617- 423-2148.