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Actor Danny Glover takes part in a panel discussion about an upcoming mini-series entitled "The People Speak", in this Jan. 9, 2008, file photo at Emerson College in Boston. Glover has been convicted in Niagara Falls, Ontario, for trespassing in a hotel during a union rally in 2006. Glover, who wasn't in court, was convicted Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008, along with UNITE HERE union representative Alex Dagg and Ontario Federation of Labour President Wayne Samuelson. Sentencing is scheduled Feb. 8. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, file) |
Danny Glover convicted of trespassing
NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario—Danny Glover has been convicted in Niagara Falls, Ontario, for trespassing in a hotel during a union rally in 2006. Glover, who wasn't in court, was convicted Thursday along with UNITE HERE union representative Alex Dagg and Ontario Federation of Labour President Wayne Samuelson.
Canadian Niagara Hotels charged the three with trespassing at their Sheraton on the Falls property during a Sept. 16, 2006, protest.
The 60-year-old actor took part in the protest as part of a larger campaign that aims to increase salaries and improve working conditions for hotel workers in the U.S. and Canada.
Sentencing is scheduled Feb. 8.
UNITE HERE represents 50,000 hotel, food service, garment and manufacturing workers across Canada and 450,000 in North America.
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