Noted film actor and social activist Danny Glover met with a delegation of Houston janitors at the Third Ward Multi-Service Center on Sunday to talk about fair wages. The workers clean offices in some of the city's largest companies.
Glover, who's best known for his roles in the "Lethal Weapon" movies
and "The Color Purple," also called upon Houston civil rights, faith and
political leaders to establish a task force to protect the First
Amendment rights of Houston's janitors, after addressing more than 300
people at a rally that followed his delegation meeting. U.S. Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee and Al Green, both D-Houston, also spoke before the crowd.
"As citizens, it is our duty and responsibility to stand up for a
living wage, to make this change and take this country back," Glover
told the crowd. "At the same time that corporations are reporting record
profits, janitors are not making a living wage."