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" Creating a Financial Transactions Tax would go a long way to curbing short-term speculative trading, including high-frequency trading. "

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

" Climate impacts hit working people first, and with extreme weather events, changing seasons, and rising sea levels, whole communities stand on the front lines. "

" We all need to work together, because there are no jobs on a dead planet; there is no equity without rights to decent work and social protection, no social justice without a shift in governance and ambition, and, ultimately, no peace for the peoples of the world without the guarantees of sustainability. "

" 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 investment in green economy infrastructure; public services, training and education; and a multilateral plan to create youth job opportunities. "

" The concept of 'green jobs' or a 'green economy' is often attacked as the work of the Grimm Brothers by those wedded to the grim science of free-market economics. "

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

" Securing a sustainable future will take all of us working together. "

Working Together

" As universal a truth as the rising and setting of the sun each day, the global economy needs people. "

" Investment in jobs at a time when millions are unemployed can only be a good thing: all the better if the jobs help us shift from a high-carbon to a low-carbon economy. "

" If the impoverishment and community fragmentation continue, it is not a stretch to predict urban wars sparked by inequality, unemployment, and the breakdown of dialogue between leaders and citizens. "

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

" When women are expected to bear the burden of unpaid work, everyone loses. "

" T-Mobile U.S.A. is one company that uses fear and intimidation to scare workers away from union representation. "

" When we see the banks get bailed out with seemingly no consequences while ordinary people pay the price with job and wage cuts through austerity measures, who could blame a person for wondering where the loyalties of their elected leaders really lie? "

" Growing inequality is exacerbated by the companies who simply treat workers as commodities, and our governments are cowered by their demands to perpetuate this model of greed. "

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

" Democracy is becoming collateral damage in a world where global risks have been ignored or exacerbated by those with the power to act. "

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

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

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

" Globalization has much potential. It could be the answer to many of the world's seemingly intractable problems. But this requires strong democratic foundations based on a political will to ensure equity and justice. "

" We need a multi-stakeholder approach to Internet governance, not vested interests in making citizens pay for formerly free services or restrictions to their capacity to share information. "

" As economists bandy about terms like 'recapitalization,' 'credit lines,' and 'liquidity,' families are facing brutal cuts to their social services and welfare payments, losing their homes, wondering how their kids will make their way in the world. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We may be living in a world of disposable electronics, but working people are not disposable commodities. "

" Market-led globalization is leading to a race to the bottom, where efficiency and profit matter more than a fair share for working people. "

" Public opinion must be heard. "

" Limiting the destructive risk-taking by large financial firms and banks which are 'too big to fail' is needed. "