Decent Work Quotes

• Decent work is at the heart of the search for dignity for the individual, stability for the family and peace in the community

  Juan Somavia

  Work, Heart, Community

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• Labour markets are about people. And people have a right to be treated with dignity and respect.

  Juan Somavia

  Respect, People, Dignity

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• We need new proactive policies that focus directly on how authorities in the public and private sphere can blend economic and social policies with an enabling environment for private initiative to create market opportunities for Decent Work.

  Juan Somavia

  Work, Opportunity, Focus

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• ¡Cómo me gustaría que todo el mundo tuviera un trabajo decente! Es esencial para la dignidad humana.

  Pope Francis

  Wish, Essentials, Dignity

  Pope Francis @Pontifex, twitter.com. 24 de junio de 2014.

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• Employers must make far-reaching changes to employment terms and conditions for women: Equal pay for equal, decent work.

  Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

  Equal Pay, Employment, Reaching

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• ...180 million kids are engaged in the worst forms of child labour. Put it all together and it is not only morally unacceptable, but politically dangerous.

  Juan Somavia

  Children, Kids, Acceptance

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• What we need is political leadership which can give guidance to the development of global governance. We need business leadership which goes beyond shareholder value to understand the needs and fears of other stakeholders and their communities.

  Juan Somavia

  Giving, Community, Political

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• Nearly one billion women and men, a third of the world's workforce, are either unemployed or unable to earn enough to keep themselves out of extreme poverty. There are 100 million new entrants into the labour market each year. Up to 90 percent in some regions are in the informal economy. 180 million kids are engaged in the worst forms of child labour. Put it all together and it is not only morally unacceptable, but politically dangerous

  Juan Somavia

  Niños, Niños, Hombres

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• Lo curioso es que, más o menos en el momento en que abandoné cualquier aspiración al éxito mundano, fue cuando empecé a escribir obras decentes.

  Ben Fuente

  Letting Go, Writing, Funny Things

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

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• No man can do both effective and decent work in public life unless he is a practical politician on the one hand, and a sturdy believer in Sunday-school politics on the other. He must always strive manfully for the best, and yet, like Abraham Lincoln, must often resign himself to accept the best possible.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  School, Sunday, Men

  Theodore Roosevelt (1967). "Escritos"

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• As a major economic force worldwide, India and Indian companies have the opportunity to set the standards in Asia in terms of women's right to decent work.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Opportunity, India, Asia

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