Alamo Drafthouse Strike Ends After Deal Is Reached in New York (UPDATED)
Source: Hollywood Reporter
All workers that were previously laid off at the Sony-owned theater chain's lower Manhattan and downtown Brooklyn locations will be reinstated, according to UAW Local 2179.
By Katie Kilkenny April 14, 2025 5:18pm PDT
After 58 days on strike, workers at two Alamo Drafthouse locations in New York City can return to the multiplex.
On Monday workers at the Sony-owned cinema chain's lower Manhattan and downtown Brooklyn locations announced that their union had reached a deal with management over layoffs that the union had previously claimed violated labor law. The union, aligned with the United Auto Workers Local 2179, ratified the tentative agreement on Sunday and said work will resume as usual starting Friday.
"Strike won! All jobs are back!" the union announced in a social media post on Monday. "We will be returning to work officially on April 18 but feel free to start patronizing the Alamos in BK & Manhattan as soon as today."
Said union member Matthew Rivera in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, "We did what we set out to do. We showed them our independent spirit. Union strong forever."
Moviegoers watch a film at an Alamo Drafthouse on June 13, 2024, in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
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By Matt Schimkowitz April 14, 2025 10:08pm
With good news in short supply these days, we have to turn to the Alamo Drafthouse, of all places, for a pick-me-up--two, in fact. After a 58-day strike, the United Auto Workers Local 2179 ratified a tentative agreement between the union representing the Manhattan and downtown Brooklyn locations and the Sony-owned theaters chain. The UAW claimed that the Drafthouse had violated labor law by cutting staff during bargaining, prompting a two-month boycott of the New York locations. Per The Hollywood Reporter, those laid-off employees will officially return to work on Friday, with previously earned PTO and sick time reinstated. As it did in Denver, the agreement effectively ended the New York boycott.
Photo by Brandon Bell (Getty Images)
Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/alamo-drafthouse-new-york-strike-over-layoffs-deal-reached-1236190863/
Omaha has a Drafthouse that is non-union. I hear there is an employee trying to organize a union there.