Danny Glover in the Hizouse (I’m sorry for saying “hizouse” but I couldn’t help myself)

Posted by Mary Mancini on February 18, 2007 under Uncategorized |

Actor and activist Danny Glover and Laborers’ International Union President Terry O’Sullivan will be in Nashville tomorrow, Tuesday, February 20, to support Vanderbilt University employees who are struggling to win a living wage.

Tuesday Events Include Discussions with Workers at Homeless Shelter, Campus Activities Conference, and a Town Hall Meeting.

Tuesday, February 20, 2007
10:30 a.m. Acclaimed actor Danny Glover and Laborers’ President
Terry O’Sullivan will meet with Vanderbilt University workers at Safe Haven Family Shelter, 1234 3rd Avenue South, Nashville, a homeless shelter where one employee lives.

12:30 p.m. Danny Glover addresses the National Association for Campus Activities, Gaylord Opryland Hotel, 2800 Opryland Drive, Nashville.

2:15 p.m. Danny Glover and Laborers’ President Terry O’Sullivan
meet with Vanderbilt employees as they clock in and out for work at Vanderbilt Peabody College, just north of 18th Street and Edgehill Avenue.

4:00 p.m. Town Hall meeting with Vanderbilt University workers, students, community leaders, Danny Glover and Terry O’Sullivan, at Scarritt Bennett Center, Wightman Chapel, 1008 19th Avenue South, Nashville.

Vanderbilt workers, many of them members of Laborers’ Local Union 386, have been struggling since last year to achieve a living wage, which in Nashville is $10.18 per hour. Currently, Vanderbilt’s lowest paid workers earn about $7.55 an hour, well below the poverty level.