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Westin Santa Clara and the Angry Picketers

Where: 5101 Great America Parkway [map], Santa Clara, CA, United States, 95054

Amy from NewYorkology forwards us a tense experience between the Westin Santa Clara, some picketers, and a blogher attendant.

Four or five people were standing in front of the entrance handing out fliers and yelling at the people walking inside. They said The Westin was evil and that we should not stay there support such a bad company. One woman was really screaming at another who apparently had mouthed off to her. I was tense already - walking into to a pack of screaming protesters was the last thing I wanted to do. I kept my head down and politely accepted the flier as it was handed to me. Luckily, I did not get yelled at.

When I FINALLY got inside and laid down on my bed, I pulled out the flier to
read it. It said that, "The Westin Santa Clara is under a strict boycott by local, community, faith, labor & student groups." Then it went on to describe all the atrocities the company has committed against the people who work there. It may have been a bunch of B.S., but it made me feel bad. I don't like crossing picket lines, but I sure as hell was not going to get back  into my car and look for another hotel.

Why can't west coast hoteliers and their employees just hug it out.  

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