116 Quotes by Sharan Burrow

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

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 recession-deepening response to the East Asian crisis of the late 1990s. In both regions, the IMF has become synonymous with making bad situations worse.

Democracy is rarely easy, nor swift.

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

Workers in Myanmar must have an effective remedy when their rights are violated.

All business must have a social license to operate.

When governments are cowed or simply don't care to enforce fundamental human and labour rights or to ensure corporate tax is paid so that they can invest in social protection and in the health and education of their people, they cede control to corporate greed.

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.

Wealth is being generated off the back of oppression and abuse.