Alamo Drafthouse Strike Ends With All Laid Off Staffers to Be Rehired

Alamo Drafthouse Union Ends Strike, Reaches Deal with Sony

The New York City Alamo Drafthouse employee strike is now over. After 58 days on strike following a formal complaint with the National Labor Relations Board against Alamo Drafthouse and parent company Sony Pictures Entertainment for the alleged Refusal to Furnish Information and Refusal to Bargain/Bad Faith Bargaining (as filed on February 3), members of the NYC Alamo United announced that an agreement has been reached as of April 14. (The strik…

Alamo Drafthouse NYC Workers End Strike After Laid Off Staffers Rehired

Workers at two New York City Alamo Drafthouse cinemas ended a 58-day strike after the Sony-owned chain agreed to terms including rehiring employees who were laid off in February, said the group’s union NYC Alamo United, which is affiliated with the UAW.  An overwhelming majority of workers ratified a tentative offer from Alamo said to guarantee workers will be rehired with previously earned paid time off and sick days restored along with origi…

Alamo Drafthouse Strike Ends With All Laid Off Staffers to Be Rehired

Alamo Drafthouse's strike has ended after more than 50 days.

Alamo Drafthouse Strike Ends After 58 Days, All Laid-Off Staffers Rehired

Workers at the Alamo Drafthouse locations in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn have ended their 58-day strike after reaching an agreement with management that will see laid off workers at the two theaters reinstated. “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.” Workers at the…

Alamo Drafthouse Strike Ends After Deal Is Reached in New York

After 58 days on strike, workers at two Alamo Drafthouse locations in New York City have finally ended their work stoppage.

The Alamo Drafthouse Workers Won

After two months on strike, NYC Alamo United workers at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn and Manhattan locations declared victory on Monday and voted to return to work after Alamo's parent company, Sony, finally agreed to the union's demands. Alamo United workers sprang into action in February, days after Sony laid off a total of 70 workers from the two locations, citing a "post-holiday dip" in movie attendance. The union filed an unfair l…