Executive Compensation
Executive Paywatch
The AFL-CIO's Executive PayWatch website shines a light on executive compensation practices and provides easy access to CEO pay data at publicly traded companies in the United States.
Correspondence and Statements
December 12, 2011 - The AFL-CIO hosted an Americans for Financial Reform conference on Executive Pay and the Dodd-Frank Act in Washington, D.C.
August 12, 2011 - The AFL-CIO submitted comments on how the SEC should implement Dodd-Frank Section 953(b) that requires disclosure of CEO-to-worker pay ratios.
August 12, 2011 - The AFL-CIO Office of Investment released a briefing paper on why the SEC can allow companies to use statistical sampling to calculate the median annual total compensation of all employees.
July 18, 2011- The AFL-CIO Office of Investment released a briefing paper on why CEO-to-worker pay ratios should be disclosed to investors.
May 31, 2011 - In a letter to the SEC and the FDIC, the AFL-CIO commented on the need for regulations on executive pay for bankers, including prohibiting stock option compensation.
May 19, 2011 - In a letter to the SEC, the AFL-CIO commented on the need for stronger independence standards for compensation committees and compensation consultants that are responsible for setting CEO pay.
April 19, 2011 - The AFL-CIO updated the Executive Paywatch website with new data showing that chief executive officers of the nation's largest companies got average pay of $11.4 million in 2010 – a 23 percent increase in one year.
February 23, 2011 - AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka issued a statement on Wall Street bonuses.
December 13, 2010 - AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka urged the SEC to require disclosure of CEO-to-worker pay ratios as required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
April 13, 2010 - The AFL-CIO's updated 2010 Executive PayWatch catalogs CEO pay and exposes Wall Street’s efforts against meaningful financial reform.
February 12, 2010 - In a letter to the Internal Revenue Service, AFL-CIO President Trumka called for an examination of the tax treatment of insider loans to bank executives.
January 26, 2010 - In a letter to the editor published in the Washington Post, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka took issue with the notion that the best course of action is to allow 'market forces' to determine how much senior executives are paid.
January 19, 2010 - AFL-CIO President Trumka issued a statement criticizing record Wall Street bonuses as outrageous payouts to the very people who are responsible for the financial crisis.
November 25, 2009 - AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth Shuler submitted a comment letter to the Federal Reserve on executive compensation policies at banks.
September 14, 2009 - In a comment letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the AFL-CIO urged that the proxy disclosure rules on executive compensation risk factors be strengthened.
