Growing the economy and creating wealth are
the basis of development, but not yet development itself.
For turning economic progress into development, distribution
matters. Firstly, wealth creation itself should already
be as broad-based as possible through the support of
a conducive policy framework. Secondly, in order to
maximize the positive impact on people’s lives, further
redistributive mechanisms and policies are needed.
Trade unions are there to see to it that workers are
getting their fair share. In a caring society, social
policies must be in place to protect vulnerable people
like children, orphans, sick people, the old, people
with disabilities, people living with HIV/Aids, etc. (Read more….)
