财富美国500强国内员工的日子也不好过

高管薪酬不好管

    据阿拉斯加航空公司递交给监管部门的文件显示，CEO布拉德利•蒂尔登去年薪酬增长了一倍多，达到500多万美元。勒夫科维茨称，其实布拉德利•蒂尔登也清楚底层工人的处境和诉求。公司今年的代理权公告包含了一份关于在公司所有权发生变化的情况下“限制高管股权增速过快”的股东提案。但该公司建议股东反对这个要求。

    沃尔玛公司递交给监管部门的文件则显示，CEO迈克•杜克去年年收入超过2,000万美元。这个零售业巨头递交的文件中还包括，股东要求设立独立董事，同时编制“高管薪酬追偿年度报告”，希望借此了解杜克是否与公司被指控违反《反海外腐败法》（FCPA）有关联。不过，公司对这两个提议都不予支持。

    麦当劳公司（McDonald's）前CEO詹姆斯•斯金纳在2012年担任CEO的半年时间内就赚取了超过2,700万美元的收入，而现任CEO唐纳德•汤普森自7月1日上任后半年时间内获得的薪酬是1,300万美元，意味着这家公司支付CEO年薪总计超过了4,000万美元。公司今年有两份关于高管薪酬和一份关于人权保护的股东提案，其中一项提案依据《多德•弗兰克金融监管法案》（Dodd-Frank Act）请求公司将CEO与普通员工的薪酬进行对比，同时发布一份报告【美国证券交易委员会（SEC）似乎一直故意拖延落实这一条款】。但公司董事会否决了所有这些来自股东的提案。

    阿拉斯加航空公司的股东提案只获得了41%的支持率，麦当劳的股东也未能争取到使提案得以通过的大多数支持票，而沃尔玛的股东投票尚未举行。Mine the Gap是英国一家专门对企业用工做法和供应链状况等方面提供社会审计服务的公司。该公司联席创始人斯图亚特•肖一针见血地指出了各大公司的问题：“消费者在权衡企业品牌的生态和道德资历，员工也在掂量他们的价值观与公司的品牌是否契合。”企业在与大势所趋背道而驰的道路上还能撑多久？

Struggling efforts to rein in executive pay

    Alaska Airlines CEO Brad Tilden, who Levkovitz says knows of workers' concerns, saw his pay more than double to over $5 million last year, according to company filings. Its proxy this year included a shareholder proposal to limit "acceleration of executive equity" if the company has a change in ownership. The company recommended shareholders oppose the requirement.

    Wal-Mart CEO Mike Duke earned over $20 million last year, according to its company filings. The giant retailer's filing this year includes shareholder requests for an independent chair and an "annual report on recoupment of executive pay" so shareholders could, for example, know whether Duke was dinged related to the company's alleged FCPA violations. The company opposes both measures.

    At McDonald's, former CEO James Skinner made over $27 million for the six months in 2012 he was chief executive, and current CEO Donald Thompson made $13 million for his six months beginning July 1, for a total annual CEO pay exceeding $40 million. The company had two shareholder proposals this year on executive pay and one on human rights. One of the proposals requested McDonald's to produce a report comparing CEO to worker pay, a requirement under Dodd-Frank that the SEC has been dragging its feet on. The board opposed all of the shareholder requests.

    The shareholder proposal at Alaska Airline (ALK) won 41% of the vote, and McDonald's shareholders did not muster a majority vote to get any of their proposals approved. The Wal-Mart vote is pending. Stuart Shaw, co-founder of Mine the Gap, a U.K. firm that provides social (i.e. labor and supply chain) audits of firms, puts it well to companies: "Consumers are weighing up the eco and ethical credentials of your brand," and "employees are also weighing up whether your brand connects with their values." How long can companies resist these trends?