SF hotel boycott update

by E Wayne Ross on July 10, 2005

Conventions mulling a move from S.F.

These groups, with their numbers of attendees shown, could move their meetings from San Francisco:

American Educational Research Association, 13,000

American Federation of Teachers, 5,000

American Political Science Association, 6,000

International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, 15,000

American Anthropological Association, 5,000.

SF Chronicle: “Hotel standoff imperils some conventions, Five groups ponder a move elsewhere to avoid union boycotts”