Income disparity in the US

There is nothing new in the Republicans' populism in the union bashing and its accusation on the hypocrisy of Dems receiving the union money. 

For that, I heard an interesting story at the local Democrat office.  "Here are twelve cookies on the table.  The CEO, the workers, the union people are sitting on the table.  Now the CEO takes all the cookies.  Then the union people tries to get their share."

The report says, CEOs' compensation went up by an average of 20.4% in 2011 despite the the shares downfall.