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.
July 1, 2013 – In a letter to the Internal Revenue Service , the AFL-CIO supported a new rule limiting the deductibility of executive pay for health insurance companies.
May 23, 2013 – In testimony before the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, AFL-CIO Policy Director Damon Silvers opposed repealing Dodd-Frank 953(b) that requires disclosure of CEO-to-worker pay ratios.
April 15, 2013 – AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka launched the AFL-CIO’s 2013 Executive Paywatch website with new data showing that CEOs of the nation's largest companies were paid an average of $12.3 million in 2012.
August 13, 2012 – The AFL-CIO wrote to the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ on the adoption of listing standards for compensation committees.
June 25, 2012 – The AFL-CIO supported proposed changes to auditing standards to strengthen the auditors’ ability to evaluate the relationship between executive compensation, risk, and financial misstatements.
April 23, 2012 – The AFL-CIO participated in a webinar on CEO-to-worker pay ratios, executive compensation and investor risk hosted by the Social Investment Forum.
April 19, 2012 – AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka launched the 2012 Executive Paywatch website with new data showing that CEOs of the nation's largest companies got average pay of $12.9 million in 2011 - a 14% raise over last year.
Aug. 12, 2011 - The AFL-CIO submitted comments on Dodd-Frank 953(b) that requires disclosure of CEO-to-worker pay ratios.
Aug. 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 incentive-based compensation, 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.
Feb. 23, 2011 – AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka issued a statement on Wall Street bonuses.
