Wall Street’s War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Destroyed the Working Class and What to Do About It

Not very long ago, most working-class Americans could afford the basics of life, such as housing, food and shelter, from their salaries. Now many lead a precarious, paycheck-to-paycheck existence, in which a constantly escalating cost of living is pushing many out of the middle class. Author Les Leopold, founder of The Labor Institute, a nonprofit that designs research and educational programs on occupational safety and health, argues that one factor is mass layoffs used to bring more profits to shareholders at employees’ expense. He believes there is a better way, one where workers matter, and it’s built on practices such as new pay structures for corporate officers. This book is chock full of innovative ideas for Social Capital leaders on how organizations can continue to grow and scale without leaving their workers behind.