Actor Danny Glover has joined in a state-to-state US tour to drum up support for America's flailing manufacturing industry.
Actor Danny Glover has joined in a state-to-state US tour to drum up support for America's flailing manufacturing industry.
The Lethal Weapon star this week stood with union bosses as well as political and civil-rights leaders to take part in the first stop of a four-day trek in a bid to support industry workers.
He told union employees at a rally in Detroit, Michigan, that the "deindustrialisation of the nation" had begun in the state, but that the workers could be "the architects of their own rescue".
Michigan, the hub of the US vehicle industry, has seen many factory and car industry plants close because of the global economic downturn. - Wenn
Glover show of support for workers
Actor Danny Glover has joined in a state-to-state US tour to drum up support for America's flailing manufacturing industry.
Actor Danny Glover has joined in a state-to-state US tour to drum up support for America's flailing manufacturing industry.
The Lethal Weapon star this week stood with union bosses as well as political and civil-rights leaders to take part in the first stop of a four-day trek in a bid to support industry workers.
He told union employees at a rally in Detroit, Michigan, that the "deindustrialisation of the nation" had begun in the state, but that the workers could be "the architects of their own rescue".
Michigan, the hub of the US vehicle industry, has seen many factory and car industry plants close because of the global economic downturn. - Wenn