[news] USA: Minimum Wage Struggle: Average USA CEO Earns More than 800 Times as Much as Lowest-paid Workers

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The Observer

US campaigners are battling to force Congress to vote for the first increase in the minimum wage for nine years, as new evidence reveals that the average CEO now earns more than 800 times as much as the lowest-paid workers.

America's minimum wage has been stuck at $5.15 an hour since 1997, during a period when earnings at the top of the income scale have exploded.

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