Netroots Nation has been looking for a host city and venue for 2011. This year we've found ourselves in a unique position to help the workers at a hotel we're considering for 2011. From Rhode Island's Future:
Bravo to our fellow bloggers at Netroots Nation for supporting the Westin Boycott and telling Providence and the Westin Hotel that they will not host their 2011 conference here unless the labor dispute between the Hotel Workers Union - UNITE HERE Local 217 - and the Westin's managing Procaccianti Group is resolved.
We're excited we've got this opportunity to stand with working Americans, join me below the fold to hear more about it.
[UPDATE 11:45am, 5/4: linked to Rhode Island's Future blog instead of the Providence Journal
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