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Labour is not a commodity.
Public opinion must be heard.
Democracy is rarely easy, nor swift.
My job is to represent working people.
We will have no jobs if we have no planet.
I've had an enormously privileged working life.
We need to decarbonise our societies and economies.
All business must have a social license to operate.
Out of the fires of desperation burn hope and solidarity.
Globalization can be shaped to ensure that people matter.
No country can afford to lose a generation to unemployment.
Wealth is being generated off the back of oppression and abuse.
For the unions, it is simple. There are no jobs on a dead planet.
Securing a sustainable future will take all of us working together.
You cannot fuel demand, or consumption-led demand, on credit forever.
Work has always been influenced by technology and will continue to be.
With global rules for global supply chains, we can end corporate greed.
When women are expected to bear the burden of unpaid work, everyone loses.
There's not much more of an honour - to work for, and with, working people.
The environment, stabilizing the climate, needs urgent attention from all of us.
Workers in Myanmar must have an effective remedy when their rights are violated.
We cannot grow jobs without investment; we cannot grow economies if we don't earn.
We must make both our distributional and democratic systems work for our communities.
If political leaders want respect, they will begin by enforcing the global rule of law.
When work is not underpinned by social protection, people risk falling into poverty traps.
Politically, we have seen the impact of social media organizing people through the Arab Spring.
Today's business model is bad for people, bad for the economy and bad for stability and democracy.
As universal a truth as the rising and setting of the sun each day, the global economy needs people.
If people do not have jobs, they do not have a secure income, and they do not have a sense of security.
We may be living in a world of disposable electronics, but working people are not disposable commodities.
Limiting the destructive risk-taking by large financial firms and banks which are 'too big to fail' is needed.
T-Mobile U.S.A. is one company that uses fear and intimidation to scare workers away from union representation.
Care work contributes enormously to the well-being of our societies and to the sustainability of our economies.
Inequality is a poison that is destroying livelihoods, stripping families of dignity, and splitting communities.
Workers know first-hand how corporate capture of government is undermining their rights and freedoms as citizens.
Many women drop out of the work force altogether, which holds back our economy with a loss of skills and personnel.
We know how to build economies. It requires investment in jobs. The biggest medium-term multiplier is infrastructure.
There is a great deal of sympathy amongst workers for the Occupy Wall Street movement. We understand their frustration.
Programs that reduce energy and water use and increase green agriculture and transport have huge job-creating potential.
Global supply chains are founded on a Darwinian model that rewards employers who treat working people as less than human.
Are we going to fire the father to hire the son? We want to create jobs for young people, but not at the expense of others.
Many communities are already devastated by poverty. Increasingly, that poverty is born of the greed of a global trading system.
We all eat breakfast in the morning, we all go to sleep at night, and we all want our kids to have opportunities that we didn't.
Poor people around the world spend more on energy because they lack the capital to buy a more expensive energy-efficient product.
Creating a Financial Transactions Tax would go a long way to curbing short-term speculative trading, including high-frequency trading.
Democracy is becoming collateral damage in a world where global risks have been ignored or exacerbated by those with the power to act.
A new model of business and economic development must ensure everybody's sons and daughters are treated as we would expect for our own.
A new business model based on old principles of social justice where people matter - now that's a revolutionary way to reduce inequality.
Market-led globalization is leading to a race to the bottom, where efficiency and profit matter more than a fair share for working people.
In terms of emerging economies, we absolutely believe that the prescription is social protection and a minimum wage on which people can live.