It's good to see someone like actor Danny Glover standing up for workers at a Hugo Boss factory in Brooklyn, Ohio. The company is closing the plant, after it says union workers would not agree to wage concessions. After reading about the wage concessions, I understand why.

According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Hugo Boss wanted to cut wages from $13 per hour to just $9 per hour. They had also began cutting workers' hours. And then, in the middle of negotiations, Hugo Boss announced it was shutting down the factory, because it was not "globally competitive."

It's hard enough to raise a family, pay for housing and save for retirement on $13 per hour. The new wage makes that almost impossible. And it's not like Hugo Boss clothing is cheap. I went to the Macy's website and one piece of trunk underwear is selling for $27, while sneakers are going for for $127. Hugo Boss Jeans cost a whopping $135 per pair and a stretch shirt costs $155.

I know Macy's has some of its own profits built in, but those prices are still astronomical. I can't believe they aren't making enough to pay the workers who make these clothes a living wage.Glover agrees. He has called for a boycott of Hugo Boss in Hollywood. He led a boycott of Boss' clothes at the Academy Awards earlier this month. Glover should be commended, because he understands the importance of unions in helping workers to earn a fair wage.

"My parents were union workers," Glover told the Plain Dealer. "My mother was from the Deep South. My father came from Kansas City, and they met in New York. They were members of a union and supported it and built a family around that. The idea of unions resonated in my life long before this."

"I will continue to speak out," Glover said. "When the press asks me about the situation, I'm going to speak out about the workers here. "These are the lives that are being affected," he said. "Once we begin to care about those who are the most vulnerable, I think that's when we start to build the kind of society we want."

Hugo Boss released a statement saying that it has initiated a benefits package worth $1.5 million to help workers with severance and job placement.

"While the Union continues to put great effort and time in to protesting an unfortunate but necessary business decision, we are troubled that the generous outplacement and severance packages already initiated by Hugo Boss are being ignored to the detriment of these hard-working employees," Hugo Boss CEO Dr. Andreas Stockert said in a statement.

That's nice but it wouldn't be necessary if they were at least willing to negotiate for a fair wage. I'm with Glover on this one. Let's keep Macy's stocked with those $155 shirts and $27 underwear. It's time that workers received their fair share.