Sharan Burrow

As economists bandy about terms like 'recapitalization,' 'credit lines,' and 'liquidity,' families are facing brutal cuts to their social services and welfare…

— Sharan Burrow

We need to decarbonise our societies and economies.

— Sharan Burrow

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

— Sharan Burrow

All business must have a social license to operate.

— Sharan Burrow

It seems evident that the IMF has learned nothing from its inequality-inducing policies during the 1980s debt crises in Latin America nor…

— Sharan Burrow

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

— Sharan Burrow

Illicit trade corrupts corporations and governments alike, allows dictators to survive, and obscures oppression, including modern day slavery.

— Sharan Burrow

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

— Sharan Burrow

The concept of 'green jobs' or a 'green economy' is often attacked as the work of the Grimm Brothers by those wedded…

— Sharan Burrow

Many women drop out of the work force altogether, which holds back our economy with a loss of skills and personnel.

— Sharan Burrow

Democracy is becoming collateral damage in a world where global risks have been ignored or exacerbated by those with the power to…

— Sharan Burrow

A new business model based on old principles of social justice where people matter - now that's a revolutionary way to reduce…

— Sharan Burrow

With global rules for global supply chains, we can end corporate greed.

— Sharan Burrow

Through job creation, quality public services and better working conditions, people, communities and countries can lift themselves out of poverty, improve livelihoods,…

— Sharan Burrow

If the impoverishment and community fragmentation continue, it is not a stretch to predict urban wars sparked by inequality, unemployment, and the…

— Sharan Burrow

Democracy is rarely easy, nor swift.

— Sharan Burrow

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

— Sharan Burrow

My job is to represent working people.

— Sharan Burrow

Many governments and corporations take no moral responsibility for the enslavement of migrant workers and freely do business with states built on…

— Sharan Burrow

Football, or soccer as it is known, is a game of two halves. It's a game with rules and a referee. FIFA,…

— Sharan Burrow

Market-led globalization is leading to a race to the bottom, where efficiency and profit matter more than a fair share for working…

— Sharan Burrow

When women are expected to bear the burden of unpaid work, everyone loses.

— Sharan Burrow

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

— Sharan Burrow

Governments that fail to provide jobs to those who are willing and able to work begin to lose their legitimacy and will…

— Sharan Burrow

There's not much more of an honour - to work for, and with, working people.

— Sharan Burrow