Quotes from Sharan Burrow

We need investment in green economy infrastructure; public services, training and education; and a multilateral plan to create youth job opportunities.

Football, or soccer as it is known, is a game of two halves. It's a game with rules and a referee. FIFA, the governing body for football, follows neither the rule of law or has the oversight of a referee.

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

We need to decarbonise our societies and economies.

Out of the fires of desperation burn hope and solidarity.

Technology can be used to make people's lives easier, to reduce inequality, to facilitate inclusion, or to solve intractable global problems, but without dialogue and governance, it can be used against humanity - the choice on how we use technology is ours.

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.

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.

The corporate community understands the need for rules. Indeed, it argues for regulation to protect intellectual property, physical property rights, and contract law. So why does it oppose global regulation to protect people and the environment?

Investment in jobs at a time when millions are unemployed can only be a good thing: all the better if the jobs help us shift from a high-carbon to a low-carbon economy.

No country can afford to lose a generation to unemployment.

Anyone who has lived in an area with high unemployment knows how it erodes social bonds, lowers the resilience of the unemployed and their families, and damages the prospects of the next generation.

Politically, we have seen the impact of social media organizing people through the Arab Spring.

Until you separate the speculative behaviour of the financial sector from the real economy and the financing of the real economy, then we are not going to see the kind of stability or the capacity to drive genuine, income-led growth as opposed to debt-fuelled, speculative behaviour.

Where laws recognize rights to collective bargaining, the truth is that employee rights to negotiate with employers are denied in many countries.

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

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

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.

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

Stark inequality, poverty, and unemployment are driving increased social unrest and, consequently, social and economic risk. Environmental deterioration may well intensify social inequality.

All business must have a social license to operate.

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

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

Globalization has much potential. It could be the answer to many of the world's seemingly intractable problems. But this requires strong democratic foundations based on a political will to ensure equity and justice.