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NEW YORK — For movie theater owners around the country, the same-day release of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” this summer meant record box office sales and a…
In the movie industry, it isn’t just actors and writers who have been battling management. Movie theater workers also have been taking action. Over the past two years, employees have formed or attempted to form unions at the Film Forum and Anthology Film Archives in Manhattan, the Amherst Cinema in Massachusetts and Alamo Drafthouses in San Francisco and Austin, Texas. Workers at Alamo theaters in Brooklyn and Manhattan recently voted to unionize, even after management officials urged them not to. While “Barbenheimer” was a boon for movie theaters, it was the breaking point f...
The same-day release of Barbie and Oppenheimer pushed Alamo Drafthouse Cinema employees to unionized. Workers say the increased demand and staffing issued put them over the edge.
For movie theater owners around the country, the same-day release of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” this summer meant record box office sales and a gratifying sign that the public still craved entertainment on the big screen. But for some employees at the Alamo Drafthouse in Manhattan, “Barbenheimer” was the breaking point. “That really pushed us to…
NEW YORK (AP) -- For movie theater owners around the country, the same-day release of "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" this summer meant record box office sales and a gratifying sign the public still craved entertainment on the big screen.