Sotheby’s sells a Warhol for £20.9m as cleaners protest for better conditions

By DON'T dis US

Thursday, 2 July 2015


Protestor outside Sotheby's, London. Photo: Shiri Shalmy











02 July 15

Sotheby’s sells a Warhol for £20.9m as cleaners protest for better conditions see https://www.facebook.com/groups/GreenLeft/permalink/10153471539206255/

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