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" As we contemplate a world which is still choosing to deploy technological innovation in a way that deepens inequality and divisions within and between nations, we need to set global foundations back on track. "

Sharan Burrow

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" With global rules for global supply chains, we can end corporate greed. "

" When working men and women have secure jobs with living wages and social protection, they can invest in the economy at levels which will increase demand and help overcome the twin challenges of ageing populations and economic stagnation. "

" Illicit trade corrupts corporations and governments alike, allows dictators to survive, and obscures oppression, including modern day slavery. "

" We cannot grow jobs without investment; we cannot grow economies if we don't earn. "

" Wealth is being generated off the back of oppression and abuse. "

" The cycle of jobless youth, uncertainty about the future, depressing consumption, and weak investment and stresses on both the supply and demand side of economies are all thorns in the wheel of capitalism. "

" When governments are cowed or simply don't care to enforce fundamental human and labour rights or to ensure corporate tax is paid so that they can invest in social protection and in the health and education of their people, they cede control to corporate greed. "

" Technological developments are changing the way we live, and there is much talk of digitalisation and the disruptive business models enabled by smart phones, tablets, computers, and the 'Internet of things.' "

" We need economic growth, yes, but growth can be jobless, so a sustainable development framework for employment must include a job creation strategy. "

" Corporate greed, corporate bullying cannot be tolerated - it's time for a global rule of law to guarantee fair trade, rights, minimum wages on which people can live with dignity, and safe and secure work. "

" Poor people around the world spend more on energy because they lack the capital to buy a more expensive energy-efficient product. "

" South Carolina is a 'right to work' state - a misnomer of a phrase, as the laws limits union representation of workers. It does does not guarantee workers a job or fair wages and conditions. "

" Stark inequality, poverty, and unemployment are driving increased social unrest and, consequently, social and economic risk. Environmental deterioration may well intensify social inequality. "

" Many governments and corporations take no moral responsibility for the enslavement of migrant workers and freely do business with states built on the back of slave labour. Illicit financial flows and tax evasion are ignored in the interests of some nations and their corporations, stripping the tax base that is so vital for essential services. "

" The rules of the global economy are rigged against those who have to work to earn a living and in favour of multinational corporations and the ultra-rich. "

" I've had an enormously privileged working life. "

" Banks don't come with an internal switch that says, 'Enough! Let's slow down a little.' Or, 'Let's just share this wealth around for the benefit of the community now.' That's the job of government. "

" The environment, stabilizing the climate, needs urgent attention from all of us. "

" Global supply chains are founded on a Darwinian model that rewards employers who treat working people as less than human. "

" Football, or soccer as it is known, is a game of two halves. It's a game with rules and a referee. FIFA, the governing body for football, follows neither the rule of law or has the oversight of a referee. "

" The competitive pressure to produce, buy, and sell to our global multi-national companies is so intense that contractors in supply chains are motivated to pay low wages, intensify exploitative conditions, keep workers fearful with insecure work contracts, or simply sack workers who have formed a union to fight back. "

" Many women drop out of the work force altogether, which holds back our economy with a loss of skills and personnel. "

" It seems evident that the IMF has learned nothing from its inequality-inducing policies during the 1980s debt crises in Latin America nor from its recession-deepening response to the East Asian crisis of the late 1990s. In both regions, the IMF has become synonymous with making bad situations worse. "

" Technology can be used to make people's lives easier, to reduce inequality, to facilitate inclusion, or to solve intractable global problems, but without dialogue and governance, it can be used against humanity - the choice on how we use technology is ours. "

" If multilateral institutions cannot bring about peace and the rule of law because of the vested interests of their members, then both national democracy and global governance will continue to be rocked by crises. "

" Where workers are not free to change employers or leave the country without the permission of their employer, workers are, de facto, in forced labour. "

" We need to decarbonise our societies and economies. "

" You can't deny that if you have, you know, people who think it's okay to talk about women, to disregard the rights of workers, we're in trouble as an inclusive world. "