Did Your Pay Rise Actually Make You Better Off? Do the Inflation Maths
Use a pay-rise versus inflation table and a worked salary calculation to see whether your raise improved purchasing power or left a shortfall.
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Workers & supply chains
Research on pay, labour rights, working conditions and ethical sourcing.
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Does This Employer Share Success? An Interview Scorecard You Can Use
Ask employers specific questions about pay, profit-sharing, ownership and worker voice. Use this scorecard to separate documented terms from promises.
Job Offer Comparison Worksheet: Salary, Time, Benefits and Risk
Compare job offers with a completed example, bonus break-even formulas, annual working hours and a separate check of company worker-respect evidence.
How Ethical Is the iPhone Duo? What Launch Evidence Shows
Apple’s folding iPhone has documented recycled-material claims, but repairability and factory conditions still need scrutiny. Here is what preorder buyers can verify.
Stock Buybacks vs Worker Pay: What the Comparison Can Prove
A large buyback raises questions about corporate priorities. Learn to distinguish authorisations, actual spending and the cost of recurring pay rises.
Do Unions Raise Wages? What the Evidence Says—and What to Check
Research links unions with higher wages, but no average guarantees your outcome. Examine bargaining coverage, benefits, dues and enforcement.
Employee-Owned Companies: ESOPs, Co-ops and Trusts Are Not the Same
Employee-owned does not always mean employee-controlled. Compare ESOPs, worker cooperatives and ownership trusts, including access and vesting.
CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratios: Amazon and Costco Compared
Compare Amazon and Costco’s reported 2025 CEO pay ratios, median compensation and workforce definitions—and see why a lower ratio does not mean higher pay.
Fairtrade vs Rainforest Alliance: Reading Chocolate Labels
Compare Fairtrade and Rainforest Alliance chocolate labels, including pricing, mass balance and what certification can and cannot establish.
Profit-Sharing vs Bonuses vs Shares: What Are You Actually Being Offered?
Compare bonus, profit-sharing, stock and retirement benefits, with a break-even payout table showing when variable pay beats guaranteed salary.
Why Does Productivity Rise Faster Than Pay? Read the Gap Properly
Productivity and pay can diverge. Understand wages versus compensation, inflation measures and labour share before trusting a viral chart.
Is It Better to Work in Europe or the USA? Compare the Whole Offer
Europe or the USA for work? Compare paid leave, hours, healthcare costs and guaranteed income instead of choosing by headline salary alone.
Are Workers Being Screwed Over? Global Labour Share Explained
Workers’ global income share fell between 2015 and 2025. Understand the ILO figures, what labour share measures and what it cannot prove.
Best Companies for Employee Profit-Sharing: Five Programmes to Compare
Compare five profit-sharing employers, worked payout examples and Mashinii’s dated worker-respect scores to assess cash, stock and eligibility.
The Starbucks Boycott, Explained: What the Evidence Shows (2026)
Why people boycott Starbucks in 2026: union demands, BDS targeting, Israel claims and coffee-sourcing litigation, with corrected scores and case outcomes.
The Most Ethical Clothing Brands in 2026 (What the Data Shows)
Compare Zara, H&M, Nike and Lululemon on workers, sourcing, animals and the environment, with corrected scores and practical checks for ethical clothing.
Lululemon vs Nike: Which Activewear Brand Is More Ethical?
Lululemon and Nike both sell premium activewear and both carry negative records on labour and the environment. We compare the evidence value by value.
Is Chipotle Sustainable? Climate, Labour and Food-Safety Evidence
Chipotle's current sustainability and ethics record across climate, labour, animal welfare, waste and food safety.
Is Starbucks Ethical? Its Scores, Sourcing and Worker Record
Is Starbucks ethical? Compare its worker, sourcing and environmental scores, plus what the Brazilian coffee lawsuit did—and did not—decide.
Is Starbucks Ethical? Worker Rights, Sourcing and Climate
Starbucks' current record on worker rights, coffee sourcing, waste, climate and animal welfare, supported by direct sources.
Is Apple Ethical? The Full Evidence, Scored
Apple scores well on environment and privacy but poorly on labour and business conduct. We score the company across 11 values, with the evidence behind each.
10 Worst Companies on Fair Pay in 2026 (Ranked)
From Domino's to Goldman Sachs, these companies score lowest on how they treat workers. Ranked by data from court filings and regulatory actions.
Is Nestlé Ethical? The Evidence, Scored
Is Nestlé ethical? Review its corrected scores, formula-marketing controversy, cocoa ruling, nutrition claims and ownership changes, with direct sources.
Shein vs Temu: Which Is Worse? An Ethics Comparison
Shein scores negative on all nine dimensions Mashinii evaluates. Temu's parent PDD Holdings looks cleaner on paper, but most of its zeros reflect thinner verified evidence, not better conduct. Here is what the record actually shows.
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