Workers at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn have again filed to unionize after the theater boasted record attendance during the opening weekend release of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer.”According to a press release first issued on Monday and confirmed by IndieWire (and first reported by Patch), over 150 venue employees, or more than 75 percent of the theater’s full and part-time staff, signed a petition for certification with the National Labor Relations Board (Nlrb) as represented by United Auto Workers (Uaw) Local 2179.The theater staff alleges health and safety concerns, corporate restructuring, staffing issues, and bullying and abuse by management.
It also claims that after the Brooklyn location posted about serving 304,000 guests during the “Barbenheimer” release weekend, including selling 53,721 chicken tenders, staff was merely thanked with sandwiches from Panera Bread and an email from Drafthouse CEO Shelli Taylor.
Taylor retired earlier this month.“The workers of Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn demand that…
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