If public health endeavors to achieve health equity, poverty elimination must be at the top of our agenda, which, in the current economy, requires fair wages for workers. But here is where we are at: The corporate sector accounts for roughly 75 percent of private sector income, and this income goes to either employees or corporate owners. In the wake of the Great Recession, the share of this income captured by workers, instead of capital owners, hit its lowest point since 1950, falling to 72.7 percent in 2013.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:04:42 +0000
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