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Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made 1,794x the average worker at the company last year. New ballot initiatives in LA and San Francisco would force big corps like Starbucks to close pay gaps — by penalizing companies that insist on paying CEOs huge salaries while workers suffer. Credits: Producer: Liz Scheltens Editor: Joey Yee Motion Graphics: Joey Yee Videographers: Rachel Hastings, Anita Kwan, Derek Knowles Video Production Manager: Isabel Atalaya Video Production Coordinator: Jodi Clemens Video Production Fellow: Astrid Dong Supervising Producer: Sam Quigley ----- More Perfect Union is an Emmy-winning, nonprofit newsroom whose mission is to build power for working people. Here’s what that means: We report on the real struggles and challenges of the working class from a working-class perspective. We attempt to connect those problems to potential solutions. We report on the abuses and wrongdoing of corporate power. And we seek to hold accountable the ultra-rich who have too much power over America’s political and economic systems. To support our independent journalism, subscribe, donate, and follow our other pages through the links below: - Help fund our reporting: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mpu-splash - Substack: https://substack.perfectunion.us/ - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moreperfectunion - Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS - Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/moreperfectunion.bsky.social - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorePerfectUS - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perfectunion/ - Threads: https://www.threads.net/@perfectunion - Website: https://www.perfectunion.us