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“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.”
“When work is not underpinned by social protection, people risk falling into poverty traps.”
“Workers in Myanmar must have an effective remedy when their rights are violated.”
“Democracy is rarely easy, nor swift.”
“We need investment in green economy infrastructure; public services, training and education; and a multilateral plan to create youth job opportunities.”
“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.”
“A binding treaty and mandatory human rights due diligence would clean up slavery in global supply chains. Workers demand it, and consumers demand it.”
“Collective bargaining, and the fundamental human right, freedom of association, is seen as an anathema to American business, and people just - it doesn't seem to register that there's no universal social safety net that people can touch.”
“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.”
“Creating a Financial Transactions Tax would go a long way to curbing short-term speculative trading, including high-frequency trading.”
“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.”
“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.”
“If you put stimulus into an economy, you know there is a time lag in terms of depending where you invest it. If it's family transfers, it might be quick. If it's infrastructure, it might be two, three, five years.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“We need economic growth, yes, but growth can be jobless, so a sustainable development framework for employment must include a job creation strategy.”
“All business must have a social license to operate.”
“We must make both our distributional and democratic systems work for our communities.”
“Limiting the destructive risk-taking by large financial firms and banks which are 'too big to fail' is needed.”