You can track the spread of the video here:

http://viralvideochart.unrulymedia.com/youtube/dont_get_caught_in_a_bad_hotel?id=-79pX1IOqPU

graph of video distribution

Most importantly, our protest has helped the union in their efforts to publisize the worker called boycott of the hotels.  Union staff say it has really raised awareness and helped in their outreach to hotel guests. An executive from Starwood, the corporation that runs the Westin St. Francis Hotel, even called the union president Mike Casey to complain. He remarked on how different the protest was from normal union pickets lines, but Mike told him the union didn’t hold this protest- it was Pride at Work & One Struggle One Fight! The director of the Hotel Council also called us to complain.  She told us that the boycott is costing the hotel companies millions of dollars.

The local tv station KTVU did a great story about the boycott that features our video.

http://www.ktvu.com/news/23525376/detail.html

Countless other blogs & news sites posted the video & wrote stories.  It is impossible to find them all, but many listed are below:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/5/12/865797/-Caught-in-a-Bad-HotelThe-Future-of-Protest

http://www.bilerico.com/2010/05/caught_in_a_bad_hotel_san_francisco_queers_support.php

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/gettowork/detail?entry_id=63601

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-hogarth/caught-in-a-bad-hotel-the_b_573404.html

http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/05/11-1

http://gay.americablog.com/2010/05/dont-get-caught-in-bad-hotel.html

http://getequal.org/?p=362

http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=8111
http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=FDC2561D8D9A376E51CE768C4370F1A8?diaryId=18684

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2010/05/lady_gaga_flash_mob_protests_h.php
http://www.calitics.com/diary/11670/caught-in-a-bad-hotel-the-future-of-protest

http://www.dallasvoice.com/instant-tea/2010/05/11/the-gays-know-how-to-protest/

http://www.sfbg.com/pixel_vision/2010/05/11/daily-blurgh-gaga-union

http://www.zcommunications.org/dont-get-caught-in-a-bad-hotel-san-franciscos-lgbtq-community-performs-solidarity-flashmob-for-hotel-workers-by-sarah-lazare

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/around-town/shopping/City-Labor-Strike-Channels-Lady-Gaga-93417484.html

http://www.calitics.com/diary/11670/caught-in-a-bad-hotel-the-future-of-protest

http://trueslant.com/suefrause/2010/05/12/dont-get-caught-in-a-bad-hotel-lady-gaga-flashmob-at-the-westin-st-francis/

http://sfappeal.com/alley/2010/05/every-protests-better-with-gaga.php

http://www.passportmagazine.com/blog/index.php?/archives/964-Gays-Support-Workers-at-the-Westin-St.-Francis-Hotel-in-San-Francisco.html

http://www.gayagenda.com/2010/05/caught-in-a-bad-hotel/

http://www.tips-q.com/news/msm/2104622-westin-st-francis-hotel-gets-lesson-lady-gaga-protest-music

http://www.metafilter.com/91881/Dont-get-caught-in-a-bad-hotel

http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2010/05/bad_hotel.htm

http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/05/11/going-gaga-over-workers-rights/

http://www.towleroad.com/2010/05/watch-caught-in-a-bad-hotel-lady-gaga-flashmob-protest.html

http://www.feministing.com/archives/021157.html

http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=41958

http://www.rabble.ca/rabbletv/program-guide/2010/05/best-net/extreme-boycott-dont-get-caught-bad-hotel

http://paeditorsblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/video-dont-get-caught-in-bad-hotel-lady.html

http://dailyradar.com/beltwayblips/video/don-t-get-caught-in-a-bad-hotel/

http://www.revivingliberalism.com/action-left/dont-get-caught-in-a-bad-hotel/2010/05/

http://www.glaaforum.org/glaa_forum/2010/05/dont-get-caught-in-a-bad-hotel.html

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/05/11/18647666.php

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-442720

http://queertoday.ning.com/xn/detail/2057108:Event:26706?xg_source=activity

http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/5/12/20341/1257/hotels/When_Visiting_San_Francisco_You_May_Get_Caught_in_a_Bad_Hotel_

http://ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=4779

http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/westin_st_francis_hotel_gets_a_lesson_in_lady_gaga_protest_music

http://nvprogressive.blogspot.com/2010/05/dont-get-caught-in-bad-hotel-or-how.html

http://blogrevolution.com/archives/2010/05/11/5953556.html
http://susiemadrak.com/?p=2371

http://harpymarx.wordpress.com/

http://www.caligraffiti.com.br/

http://soypelopo82.blogspot.com/

http://happening-here.blogspot.com

http://wagingnonviolence.org/

http://sproutgirl74.blogspot.com/

http://grayee.blogspot.com/

http://besserscheitern.wordpress.com/

http://www.madbello.nl/videodump/

http://thebfdblog.com/

http://www.pragmatiko.it/

http://www.caterersearch.com/blogs/editors-hospitality-blog/

http://seraelguarana.blogspot.com/

http://nefacmtl.blogspot.com/

http://www.socialistwebzine.org/

http://www.leeharrisfuhrwerk.com/

http://red-gecko.blogspot.com/

http://cwzymuslima.blogspot.com/

http://mbnelson.faculty.wesleyan.edu/

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