Friday, September 14, 2007

Dannly Glover and Rogers Centre Union Drive

Actor and labour activist Danny Glover, fresh of his appearance on behalf of hotel workers in Niagara Falls, is urging unorganized workers at the Rogers Centre to join UNITE HERE.

Surrounded by a throng of union workers and gawking teenage boys, Glover toured the concession stands to reinforce the workers' right to unionize.

"They're struggling to apply the right to negotiate and bargain collectively for a better – a living – wage, said Glover, the star of Lethal Weapon, Dreamgirls and Poor Boy's Game, the film premiering last night.

"These are major baseball parks. They need to pay and respect their workers," said Glover in the dulcet tones that have made him famous, adding "I'm a baseball fan."

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