Disney CEO Bob Iger recently called strikers' expectations "not realistic," quickly drawing criticism.
Iger could make over $27 million this year, 535 times the median pay of his employees.
An average CEO in 1978 made around 31 times what their average worker made, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
In 2020, the average CEO made 346 times what their average worker made.
At Disney, the median worker pay is $54,256, according to the company's latest proxy statement.
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Bob Iger, Sean Gunn, Fran Drescher, Iger, Gunn, Drescher, Sen, Bernie Sanders, he'd, Variety, David Zaslav, Reed Hastings, Brian Roberts
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