There is no excuse for the horrible way in which this economic decision was handled. But we need to ask how many hotels have to default on their loans, reverting back to bank ownership before more banks begin to fail. This will lead to more government money being spent to save banks. Our money. Do you think anyone would save one of these hotels if they went out of business? It is a shame that each of these poor housekeepers chose to lose their job rather than join the new company taking a paycut. yes at half the wage but who has not had to take a paycut this year? How many millions have lost their jobs in similar fashion? This is about a rally cry for a Union that is in negotiations in all the major cities and nothing else. If all these people who want to boycott had just stayed at these hotels cuts like these would not have been necessary. As a PHD candidate you should explore both sides of what brought this on. Educate yourself on UniteHERE and all the missing money they have taken from their hard working members to give to governors like patrick. They should be joining together with the hotels to solve these situations not create more!