Title: Eight Ways to Reduce Income Inequality | BillMoyers.com
Headings: Eight Ways to Reduce Income Inequality
Eight Ways to Reduce Income Inequality
1. Stop Illicit Outflows
2. Progressive Income Tax
3. A Global Wealth Tax?
4. Enforce a Living Wage
5. Workers’ Right to Organize
6. Stop Other Labor Abuses
7. Open and Democratic Trade Policy
8. A New Economics?

Content: Extreme inequality requires the disempowerment of workers. Therefore, the right of workers to organize and bargain collectively for better pay and conditions is a global human rights priority. Despite Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — which declares the right to organize as a fundamental human right — workers worldwide, including in the United States, still face intimidation, fear and retribution for attempting to organize collectively. Where unions are strong, wages are higher and inequality is lower. 6. Stop Other Labor Abuses
Companies worldwide are also replacing what was once permanent and stable employment with temporary and contingent labor. Often called “contingent” or “precarious” workers, these workers fill a labor need that is permanent while being denied the status of employment. In the United States, this trend is called “misclassification,” in which employers misclassify workers as “independent contractors” when they are actually employees. Contingent labor also occurs through outsourcing, subcontracting and use of employment agencies. 7.