Best quotes by Sharan Burrow on Work

Checkout quotes by Sharan Burrow on Work

• ‟ We all need to work together, because there are no jobs on a dead planet; there is no equity without rights to decent work and social protection, no social justice without a shift in governance and ambition, and, ultimately, no peace for the peoples of the world without the guarantees of sustainability.

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• ‟ Care work contributes enormously to the well-being of our societies and to the sustainability of our economies.

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ There is no doubt that the participation of women in the workforce is a serious productivity boost, but to enable this ambition, there must be investment in care - child care, aged care, disability care, health, and education - which are essential social support structures to enable women to work.

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

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• ‟ When work is not underpinned by social protection, people risk falling into poverty traps.

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• ‟ What Qatar chose is a system where a worker is owned by his employer. When your employer forces you to live in squalor, makes you work longest hours in extreme heat, doesn't allow you to change jobs, doesn't pay your wages on time, abuses you physically and psychologically, you have no way out, you can't leave. You are trapped.

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• ‟ #MeToo shows this bias is systemic, that people get away with violence against women, get away with discrimination - whether in work or society in general - because, for too long, silence has been the answer.

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

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