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Alamo Drafthouse NYC Workers End Strike After Laid Off Staffers Rehired
Workers at two New York City Alamo Drafthouse cinemas agreed to end a near two-month long strike after the chain agreed to rehire employees laid off in February.
“We will be returning to work officially on April 18 but feel free to start patronizing the Alamos in BK & Manhattan,” the group said, referring to Alamo Drafthouses in Brooklyn and lower Manhattan where workers, who are part of UAW local 2179, have been picketing since the chain laid of 70 in early February. People close to Alamo had noted then that it’s common practice to trim staff in a post-holiday lull at the box office. The UAW local had filed an unfair labor practice charge with the NLRB against Alamo and Sony Pictures Entertainment – which acquired the circuit last summer — citing “refusal to respond to information requests and alleging bad faith bargaining.
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