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" 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. "

Sharan Burrow

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" For the unions, it is simple. There are no jobs on a dead planet. "

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

" 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. "

" We know how to build economies. It requires investment in jobs. The biggest medium-term multiplier is infrastructure. "

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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. "

" #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. "

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

" Many communities are already devastated by poverty. Increasingly, that poverty is born of the greed of a global trading system. "

" We need to decarbonise our societies and economies. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Labour is not a commodity. "

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" All business must have a social license to operate. "

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

" Democracy is rarely easy, nor swift. "

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

" Work has always been influenced by technology and will continue to be. "

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" No country can afford to lose a generation to unemployment. "

" Inequality is a poison that is destroying livelihoods, stripping families of dignity, and splitting communities. "

" 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.' "

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

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