Danny Glover visits SA

Hollywood actor, Danny Glover is in South Africa as part of a global awareness campaign pertaining to the plight of workers in Mississippi.

 

Glover accompanied by a delegation from the United Automobile Workers Union of America (UAW), adressed the media at a press conference at the metal workers union, Numsa's head office.

 

The visit led by UAW President Bob King was a working visit to South Africa to establish solidarity links with Numsa in a campaign to unmask the exploitation of Nissan worker’s in Mississippi, USA.

 

Glover's long history of union activism includes support for the United Farm Workers, Unite Here, and numerous service unions.

 

In March 2010 he supported 375 Union workers in Ohio by calling upon all actors at the 2010 Academy Awards to boycott Hugo Boss suits following announcement of Hugo Boss's decision to close a manufacturing plant in Ohio after a proposed pay decrease from $13 to $8.30 an hour was rejected by the Workers United Union.

 

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa undertook a joint campaign with UAW to demand that worker rights of Mississippi Nissan workers are recognised. 

 

 

Report by MorneJK