Achieving sustainable ways of living is inextricably linked to how we organize work in the future. State of the World 2014 makes… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
Investment in jobs at a time when millions are unemployed can only be a good thing: all the better if the jobs… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
What Qatar chose is a system where a worker is owned by his employer. When your employer forces you to live in… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
The cycle of jobless youth, uncertainty about the future, depressing consumption, and weak investment and stresses on both the supply and demand… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
There is no option but to transform our world to a zero carbon future. We will fight to ensure that no one… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
If you put stimulus into an economy, you know there is a time lag in terms of depending where you invest it.… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
Corporate greed, corporate bullying cannot be tolerated - it's time for a global rule of law to guarantee fair trade, rights, minimum… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
As economists bandy about terms like 'recapitalization,' 'credit lines,' and 'liquidity,' families are facing brutal cuts to their social services and welfare payments, losing… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
Poor people around the world spend more on energy because they lack the capital to buy a more expensive energy-efficient product. — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
It seems evident that the IMF has learned nothing from its inequality-inducing policies during the 1980s debt crises in Latin America nor from its… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
As universal a truth as the rising and setting of the sun each day, the global economy needs people. — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
Illicit trade corrupts corporations and governments alike, allows dictators to survive, and obscures oppression, including modern day slavery. — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
Inequality is a poison that is destroying livelihoods, stripping families of dignity, and splitting communities. — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
The concept of 'green jobs' or a 'green economy' is often attacked as the work of the Grimm Brothers by those wedded to the… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
Many women drop out of the work force altogether, which holds back our economy with a loss of skills and personnel. — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
Democracy is becoming collateral damage in a world where global risks have been ignored or exacerbated by those with the power to act. — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image