More Than 36% of Russell 1000 Workers Don’t Make a Family-Sustaining Living Wage

Americans care that companies pay a fair, living wage. In fact, JUST Capital’s report “2023 Issues Survey – The People’s Priorities,” which measures the business issues most important to the public, found that paying a fair, living wage was the highest priority for a fourth consecutive year, garnering widespread support as the top issue across almost every demographic group. In a year marked by high inflation and increasing cost of living around the country, the focus on living wages – or a wage rate that allows workers to meet basic…

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New Report Reveals CEO Insights Into Racial Equity Challenges

A new report released recently by a partnership consisting of PolicyLink, FSG, and JUST Capital reveals what some of America’s CEOs and C-suite leaders identify as the key challenges to advancing racial equity and what it means for what comes next. Conducted in partnership with Paul Shoemaker, former Microsoft executive and founding president of Social Venture Partners International, the report synthesizes one-on-one interviews with 40 senior business executives (60 percent of them CEOs/chairpersons) spanning 38 companies across a broad range of industries, including retail and consumer products, finance, information technology,…

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