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Fri May 4 2007 Danny Glover Stands with Workers and Joins Boycott Against UC Berkeley and 3 other UCs
On April 26, 2007, Danny Glover announced that he is joining with Congresswoman Barbara Lee in supporting the ongoing boycott by UC workers against UC Berkeley due to the unsolved issue of pay equity for custodians. Before the boycott began last year, custodians who clean the dorms and classrooms at UC Berkeley have been urging the Chancellor to end poverty wages. Currently, a custodian who has worked at U.C. Berkeley for 5 full years is only making approximately $12 per hour, while at a neighboring community college, Peralta, they would be earning $18.30 per hour. According to the Economic Policy Institute 100% of the custodians at UC Berkeley earn a wage that is below the $19.78 per hour needed to support a one parent and one child household in the East Bay.

Mr. Glover joins Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Vice President Al Gore, Senator John Edwards, Senator Barack Obama, Democratic Party Chair Howard Dean, Speaker Fabian Nunez, State Senator Leland Yee and many other elected officials and community activists in boycotting the campuses of UC Berkeley, Irvine, Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz until this issue of pay equity is sufficiently solved. Read More

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