- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
Work Quotes
Quotes on the meaning of work.
Several quotes here describe work as a solitary process, one that takes real effort to protect from distraction, while others connect a person's politics directly to the character of their work. Related reading includes Growth Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Enable
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Nov 07, 2020
Care work contributes enormously to the well-being of our societies and to the sustainability of our economies.
- Poverty
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- Nov 07, 2020
When work is not underpinned by social protection, people risk falling into poverty traps.
- Loss
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many women drop out of the work force altogether, which holds back our economy with a loss of skills and personnel.
- Green
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- Nov 07, 2020
The concept of 'green jobs' or a 'green economy' is often attacked as the work of the Grimm Brothers by those wedded to the grim science of free-market economics.
- Anger
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- Nov 07, 2020
Governments that fail to provide jobs to those who are willing and able to work begin to lose their legitimacy and will face the anger of the electorate.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must make both our distributional and democratic systems work for our communities.
- Limits
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- Nov 07, 2020
South Carolina is a 'right to work' state - a misnomer of a phrase, as the laws limits union representation of workers. It does does not guarantee workers a job or fair wages and conditions.
- Exploitative
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- Nov 07, 2020
The competitive pressure to produce, buy, and sell to our global multi-national companies is so intense that contractors in supply chains are motivated to pay low wages, intensify exploitative conditions, keep workers fearful with insecure work contracts, or simply sack workers who have formed a union to fight back.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020