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" Politically, we have seen the impact of social media organizing people through the Arab Spring. "
Sharan Burrow
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" We cannot grow jobs without investment; we cannot grow economies if we don't earn. "
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" 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. "
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" You'd never plan a career like I've had. "
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" Market-led globalization is leading to a race to the bottom, where efficiency and profit matter more than a fair share for working people. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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? "
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" Governments that fail to provide jobs to those who are willing and able to work begin to lose their legitimacy and will face the anger of the electorate. "
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" Public opinion must be heard. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" If political leaders want respect, they will begin by enforcing the global rule of law. "
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" 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. "
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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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" There's not much more of an honour - to work for, and with, working people. "
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" Climate impacts hit working people first, and with extreme weather events, changing seasons, and rising sea levels, whole communities stand on the front lines. "
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" 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. "
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" If there are not jobs or adequate forms of social protection, there is not enough income to create the consumption base that drives demand and sustainable economic growth. "
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" A binding treaty and mandatory human rights due diligence would clean up slavery in global supply chains. Workers demand it, and consumers demand it. "
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" The environment, stabilizing the climate, needs urgent attention from all of us. "
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" Where laws recognize rights to collective bargaining, the truth is that employee rights to negotiate with employers are denied in many countries. "
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" A new model of business and economic development must ensure everybody's sons and daughters are treated as we would expect for our own. "
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" There is no doubt that the participation of women in the workforce is a serious productivity boost, but to enable this ambition, there must be investment in care - child care, aged care, disability care, health, and education - which are essential social support structures to enable women to work. "
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