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" There's not much more of an honour - to work for, and with, working people. "
Sharan Burrow
People
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Much
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" When corporations refuse to practice due diligence by not establishing grievance mechanisms for remedy of abuses against the hidden 94% of their workforce in their global supply chains, they perpetuate a depraved model of profit-making that has driven inequality to a level now seen as a global risk in itself. "
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Now
Inequality
Hidden
" The corporate community understands the need for rules. Indeed, it argues for regulation to protect intellectual property, physical property rights, and contract law. So why does it oppose global regulation to protect people and the environment? "
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Community
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People
" It's never been clearer that unrestrained market forces do not produce the kind of societies we aspire to - economically stable and socially inclusive, where citizens have access to secure jobs with the dignity of a fair wage and a welfare safety net. "
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Inclusive
Safety
Never
" We need economic growth, yes, but growth can be jobless, so a sustainable development framework for employment must include a job creation strategy. "
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Growth
Job
Need
" #MeToo shows this bias is systemic, that people get away with violence against women, get away with discrimination - whether in work or society in general - because, for too long, silence has been the answer. "
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People
Silence
Society
" Labour is not a commodity. "
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Commodity
Labour
" 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. "
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People
Bullying
Law
" 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. "
Sharan Burrow
Uncertainty
Youth
Capitalism
" 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. "
Sharan Burrow
Humanity
People
Technology
" With global rules for global supply chains, we can end corporate greed. "
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End
Global
Chains
" My job is to represent working people. "
Sharan Burrow
Represent
Job
Working
" Many communities are already devastated by poverty. Increasingly, that poverty is born of the greed of a global trading system. "
Sharan Burrow
System
Born
Global
" In terms of emerging economies, we absolutely believe that the prescription is social protection and a minimum wage on which people can live. "
Sharan Burrow
Believe
Live
Minimum Wage
" No country can afford to lose a generation to unemployment. "
Sharan Burrow
Country
Unemployment
Lose
" A new model of business and economic development must ensure everybody's sons and daughters are treated as we would expect for our own. "
Sharan Burrow
Business
Own
New
" You'd never plan a career like I've had. "
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Had
Career
Plan
" A new business model based on old principles of social justice where people matter - now that's a revolutionary way to reduce inequality. "
Sharan Burrow
People
Business
Inequality
" Where laws recognize rights to collective bargaining, the truth is that employee rights to negotiate with employers are denied in many countries. "
Sharan Burrow
Truth
Rights
Employee
" 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. "
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Model
Inequality
Growing
" 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. "
Sharan Burrow
Good
Better
Time
" If people do not have jobs, they do not have a secure income, and they do not have a sense of security. "
Sharan Burrow
Income
Security
Sense
" If political leaders want respect, they will begin by enforcing the global rule of law. "
Sharan Burrow
Political
Rule Of Law
Law
" 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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Challenges
Women
Help
" We know how to build economies. It requires investment in jobs. The biggest medium-term multiplier is infrastructure. "
Sharan Burrow
Build
Know
Infrastructure
" We must make both our distributional and democratic systems work for our communities. "
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Work
Democratic
Must
" Global supply chains are founded on a Darwinian model that rewards employers who treat working people as less than human. "
Sharan Burrow
Working
Treat
Chains
" 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. "
Sharan Burrow
Political
World
Will
" 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. "
Sharan Burrow
Law
Democracy
Will
" Public opinion must be heard. "
Sharan Burrow
Public
Public Opinion
Opinion