Workers are engaged in fierce months-long organizing battles at the Westin and the Providence Renaissance (Masonic Temple) hotels. The owners have been playing hardball, but the courts are starting to call them out on countless labor law violations, violations of court orders, and generally unscrupulous behavior. The Projo has this blurb on the Westin: …
Nolan Treadway of Netroots Nation just posted this diary to Kos, as the 2010 convention gets underway in Vegas. They’re standing with the Westin workers, but would love to come to Providence — and the Westin — after the dispute is resolved: As I’m sitting in Las Vegas, ready to start the last prep day …
The Westin announced yesterday that it’s going to lay-off a ton of workers and subcontract out to lower-paying entities: PROVIDENCE — About 50 Westin Providence Hotel workers were notified Friday that their jobs would be farmed out to a subcontracting firm and they would be laid off at the end of the month. The move …
Join the massive picket today, Weds, in response to the RI GOP’s “buycott,” in response to the union’s boycott of the Westin. The state GOP has asserted its support for the Westin’s management, against its workers, and will be holding and event there this weekend. From GoLocalProv: In a rare display of pro-business activism, the …
This is cross-posted at HuffPo and Dailykos: The folks at Netroots Nation and RIFuture.org have done a great job of shining the spotlight on a labor dispute we are facing locally in Providence — the outcome of which will directly decide whether the Netroots Nation conference will bring approximately $2 million in economic activity to our area …
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This could be a big deal for Providence — upwards of $2 million in economic impact, and a lot of fun to boot. Netroots Nation had been looking to host its 2011 conference in Providence, at the Westin and Convention Center. They deserve a lot of credit for respecting the boycott. Netroots Nation director Nolan …
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Tentatively. Mayor and firefighters make nice: [youtube]YyACi2gWp0k[/youtube]