Somebody's PAYWATCHING YOU.YOU MAY FEEL your compensation is only a fraction of what you deserve as CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , but the AFL-CIO AFL-CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. AFL-CIO in full American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations U.S. begs to differ. The national labor union The National Labor Union was the first national labor federation in the United States. Founded in 1866 and dissolved in 1872, it paved the way for other organizations, such as the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor. It was led by William H. Sylvis. federation has been publicizing pub·li·cize tr.v. pub·li·cized, pub·li·ciz·ing, pub·li·ciz·es To give publicity to. Noun 1. publicizing - the business of drawing public attention to goods and services advertising the often-times extravagant pay of hundreds of CEOs on its Web site, paywatch.org, since 1997. Recently the AFL-CIO relaunched the site with bolder capabilities. Now investors worried about pay packages that grow even when the economy is slow can e-mail their concerns directly to corporate boards. If that doesn't take the gleam off your gold card, consider this: The pay police also calculate the chasm between executive pay and blue collar wages within the same company and educate corporate workers to campaign for reasonable CEO pay levels at their company. Last year the site received 11 million hits. Ouch! |
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