I received this press release yesterday afternoon:
Well known actor and Special United Nations Ambassador, Danny Glover will join hotel workers in Niagara Falls on Saturday, September 16th to demand workplace justice. The workers, all members of UNITE HERE local 2347, work in three hotels owned by the Canadian Niagara Hotels –Sheraton on the Falls, Brock Plaza and the Skyline Inn – and have been struggling to enforce their contract.
UNITE HERE Canadian Director Alex Dagg and Ontario Federation of Labour President Wayne Samuelson will join Glover at the rally. Glover, a well-known labour activist, has been touring North America as part of the Hotel Workers Rising Campaign, which aims to empower thousands of hotel workers to improve their jobs and secure better lives for their families.
UNITE HERE members in the three hotels have filed numerous grievances and Unfair Labour practice charges at the Ontario Labour Relations Board against the Canadian Niagara Hotels. The union represents over 50,000 workers across Canada in the hotel, service, and manufacturing industries.