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This should piss off the GOP!
Aetna CEO Asked Execs To Read Piketty Then Gave His Lowest-Paid Workers A Raise
One CEO has taken a step that could help fend off Thomas Piketty's nightmare vision of rising wealth inequality: He's giving thousands of his workers a raise.
Aetna Chairman and CEO Mark Bertolini announced on Monday that the health-insurance company will be raising wages for its lowest-paid employees. Starting in April, the minimum hourly base pay for Aetna's American workers will be $16 an hour, according to a company press release.
The 5,700 workers affected by the change will see an average pay raise of about 11 percent. The lowest-paid workers, who currently make $12 an hour, will get a 33-percent raise.
Aetna CEO Asked Execs To Read Piketty Then Gave His Lowest-Paid Workers A Raise