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“Since the White House seized control of the center in February, staff members who work on its cultural and educational programming have become increasingly angered and alarmed by mounting signs of managerial chaos, layoffs and political meddling in the historically bipartisan cultural organization. On May 15, Kennedy Center staff announced their intention to form a union with the United Auto Workers...’” ✊

#Unions #LaborRights #LaborPower #WorkersRights #WorkerPower

inthesetimes.com/article/kenne

In These TimesAfter Trump Takeover, Kennedy Center Workers Vote to UnionizeThe nation's premier cultural stage joins a chorus of voices in the arts demanding just labor conditions as a pillar of free expression.

What will the new Pope be like? He’s chosen to be called Leo: that’s no accident | Catherine Pepinster (Guardian, 2025-05-08)

theguardian.com/commentisfree/
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"Cardinal Robert Prevost has chosen the name Leo XIV – and if you’re a papal Leo, you tend to be a reformer at the progressive end of Catholicism. That Prevost has decided to become Leo XIV will make Catholics think immediately of the last Leo – Leo XIII – and his 1891 encyclical or teaching document, Rerum Novarum, which outlined workers’ rights to a fair wage, safe working conditions and the rights of workers to belong to trade unions. If Pope Francis was the People’s Pope, then Leo XIV is all set to be the Workers’ Pope."

cf.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rerum_no
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo

The Guardian · What will the new Pope be like? He’s chosen to be called Leo: that’s no accidentBy Catherine Pepinster

10 minutes, a Chinese YouTuber goes around a "Shein village" near where she lives - a place where there's a lot of garment manufacture for Shein.
If the wages seem really low and the working hours really bad, and you think "Oh wow Shein is so bad" you'll be correct but also not be delighted to learn it's only the worst, not very far from average!

Pay workers, purchase with care, keep the things you love, mend.

youtube.com/watch?v=fd228YQPn-