Acuity Brands, an industrial technology company, paid its CEO, Neil M. Ashe, $21 million last year, or 2,316 times the median employee's pay. She makes $15.27 an hour and is a member of United for Respect, a nonprofit that advocates for retail workers. Three-quarters of the company's store management teams started as hourly associates, he added, noting that an average Walmart store manager earns more than $180,000 a year. Large asset managers like BlackRock, Fidelity and Vanguard typically vote in favor of CEO pay. A Starbucks representative said it recently instituted a pay increase that resulted in wages of at least $15-an-hour for over 30 percent of its U.S. retail partners.
A McDonald's representative will say that the pay increase failed.
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              :ARG1 (z6 / increase-01
                        :ARG1 (z7 / pay-01))))
A McDonald 's representative will say that the pay increase failed .
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