http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/community/tag_rss/boycott Doug Manchester played a relatively unsung role in qualifying Prop 8 for the ballot. His $125,000 donation came in at a critical time when the proponents were running out of cash during the signature gathering process. It is conceivable that Prop 8 would not have made it on to the ballot if it were not for Doug Manchester. In response to that donation and the poor treatment of his workers a boycott of his hotels was established a year ago, and has now cost Manchester upwards of $7 million in canceled reservations. He has hired gay heavyweight PR crisis man Howard Bragman to respond to the boycott. Their genius idea was to offer up $100,000 in hotel credits and a $25,000 contribution to any 501c3 organization that supports civil unions. It was a cynical attempt to try and buy-off and divide the LGBT and labor communities. And it's not working. No way. No how. Today, the Courage Campaign, Equality California, UNITE HERE and Californians Against Hate have teamed up to launch the "Say No to Manchester" website , asking our members to sign a pledge to uphold the boycott of the Manchester Grand Hyatt and Grand del Mar Resort. It's a relatively unique campaign with labor and LGBT organizations coming together to support workers rights and equality. Flip it for the email we sent out to our members today. http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/juliarosen/C2v8 http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/juliarosen/C2v8/commentary#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:37:09 PDT http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/juliarosen/C2v8 Julia Rosen, Online Political Director http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/profile_picture/0ca8c47d776c223f85_zb4mv24s8.jpg Julia Rosen, Online Political Director 0 http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2v8/