BA; diplomas in education and special education. Former President, Australian Council of Trade Unions. Member of the Board: Australia Institute; Global Reporting Initiative Stakeholder Council; Committee for Melbourne. Expertise: education, industrial relations, social policy.

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Global Economic Imbalances

It's time for a new social contract

Some 85% of the world’s workforce want the rules of the global economy rewritten, at a time of intense risk.

17 Jan 2018

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Workforce and Employment

Pay people a decent wage. The economy can afford it

Some 84% of people believe that the minimum wage in their country is too low to guarantee a decent life.

05 Oct 2017

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Future of Economic Progress

Our economic model is broken. So how can we fix it?

"There are no jobs on a dead planet," says Sharan Burrow.

15 Apr 2016

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Gender Parity

Caring is what makes us human. So why don’t we fund it?

When women are expected to bear the burden of unpaid work, everyone loses, writes Sharan Burrow, head of the ITUC.

08 Mar 2016

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Future of Economic Progress

It's time for business to take the sons and daughters test

A new model of business and economic development must ensure everybody's sons and daughters are treated as we would expect our own to be.

21 Jan 2016

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Global risks: many of them are already here

From climate change to migration, many of this year's global risks are already affecting people everywhere.

14 Jan 2016

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Climate Change

How will climate change affect jobs?

This post is part of a series of interviews on the impacts of climate change and the COP21 talks in Paris. How is the global organized labour movement responding to the threat of clim...

01 Dec 2015

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Future of Economic Progress

Green jobs for a growing world

We are facing an economic and social time bomb. About 210 million people are unemployed, including 75 million young people, and 1.52 billion workers are in precarious employment, many of ...

11 Jun 2012

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Future of Economic Progress

What if unemployment threatens our democratic way of life?

Sharan Burrow warns that we face a downward spiral without coordinated international efforts on job creation, in an interview for the Risk Response Network’s “What if?” series. You can re...

30 Apr 2012