Bernie Sanders Joins Striking Workers Demanding Audience With Pope

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http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/32545-bernie-sanders-joins-striking-workers-demanding-audience-with-pope

Hundreds of striking low-wage workers in Washington, D.C. want Pope Francis to join their cause. Members of Good Jobs Nation, the labor-backed campaign to win higher pay and union recognition for service employees at federal sites in the capital, halted work on Tuesday morning as part of a protest timed to coincide with the pope’s U.S. visit.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination, joined roughly 1,000 workers from privately managed, federally owned workplaces, such as the Smithsonian museum food courts, joined religious leaders for a march to Capitol Hill. Most, but not all, of the workers are on strike. Several religious leaders marched alongside them, including Rev. Michael Livingston of Riverside Church of New York City, which has a long history of Christian civil rights activism.

"In my view, when we talk about morality and when we talk about justice we have to understand that there is no justice when so few have so much, while so many have so little," Sanders said in comments posted on his website.

The strike is part of a broader effort by U.S. labor unions to make common cause with Pope Francis. Labor leaders have praised Francis for his remarks on global wealth inequality and dignity of labor, and unions see an opportunity to cement their ties with one of the most powerful civic institutions in the world.

[delrem]

1. That headline almost sounds like Sanders is striking against the Pope.

It's only when we get to the very last paragraph that we're told
"The strike is part of a broader effort by U.S. labor unions to make common cause with Pope Francis"

[merrily]

2. No doubt, it is supposed to sound like that. Many people read only headlines. IRL and on boards.

[merrily]

3. Bernie not only has a pair of comfortable shoes, he remembers where he stores them.

Sanders works for us, not the billionaires or multi-millionaires.