https://blue.feedland.org/?river=http://data.feedland.org/blue/feeds/Alsatia.xml Fri, 22 Sep 2023 02:49:22 GMT feedland v0.5.59 https://cyber.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html Fri, 22 Sep 2023 02:49:21 GMT Alsatia Thu, September 21, 2023 10:49 PM EDT <p>Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse&#39;s Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater&#39;s Lower Manhattan location followed suit. </p> <p>Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. </p> <p>The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company&#39;s training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. </p> <p>Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company&#39;s CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. </p> <p>DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. &quot;They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don&#39;t want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions.&quot;</p> <p>The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served.</p> <p>In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, &quot;They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. </p> <p>&quot;They cut everyone&#39;s shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they&#39;re waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs.&quot; </p> <p>Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. &quot;We&#39;ve been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There&#39;s also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift.&quot;</p> <p>Alamo&#39;s response to the unionization effort? &quot;Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like &#39;Don&#39;t let this outside group speak for you.&#39; It&#39;s propaganda.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we&#39;re overworked and we don&#39;t have an outlet for our complaints. There&#39;s always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we&#39;re tired of it.&quot;</p> <p>The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan&#39;s date has not yet been set.</p> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 02:49:22 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=128248 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=128248 Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse's Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater's Lower Manhattan location followed suit. Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company's training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company's CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. "They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don't want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions." The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served. In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, "They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. "They cut everyone's shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they're waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That's what happens when there's only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs." Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. "We've been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There's also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift." Alamo's response to the unionization effort? "Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like 'Don't let this outside group speak for you.' It's propaganda." "They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we're overworked and we don't have an outlet for our complaints. There's always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we're tired of it." The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan's date has not yet been set. <p>Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse&#39;s Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater&#39;s Lower Manhattan location followed suit.</p> <p>Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees.</p> <p>The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company&#39;s training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer.</p> <p>Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company&#39;s CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches.</p> <p>DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. &quot;They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don&#39;t want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions.&quot;</p> <p>The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served.</p> <p>In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, &quot;They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks.</p> <p>&quot;They cut everyone&#39;s shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they&#39;re waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs.&quot;</p> <p>Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. &quot;We&#39;ve been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There&#39;s also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift.&quot;</p> <p>Alamo&#39;s response to the unionization effort? &quot;Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like &#39;Don&#39;t let this outside group speak for you.&#39; It&#39;s propaganda.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we&#39;re overworked and we don&#39;t have an outlet for our complaints. There&#39;s always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we&#39;re tired of it.&quot;</p> <p>The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan&#39;s date has not yet been set.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:57:01 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127807 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127807 Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse's Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater's Lower Manhattan location followed suit. Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company's training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company's CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. "They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don't want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions." The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served. In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, "They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. "They cut everyone's shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they're waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That's what happens when there's only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs." Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. "We've been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There's also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift." Alamo's response to the unionization effort? "Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like 'Don't let this outside group speak for you.' It's propaganda." "They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we're overworked and we don't have an outlet for our complaints. There's always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we're tired of it." The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan's date has not yet been set. <p>Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse&#39;s Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater&#39;s Lower Manhattan location followed suit.</p> <p>Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees.</p> <p>The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company&#39;s training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer.</p> <p>Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company&#39;s CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches.</p> <p>DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. &quot;They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don&#39;t want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions.&quot;</p> <p>The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served.</p> <p>In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, &quot;They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks.</p> <p>&quot;They cut everyone&#39;s shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they&#39;re waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs.&quot;</p> <p>Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. &quot;We&#39;ve been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There&#39;s also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift.&quot;</p> <p>Alamo&#39;s response to the unionization effort? &quot;Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like &#39;Don&#39;t let this outside group speak for you.&#39; It&#39;s propaganda.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we&#39;re overworked and we don&#39;t have an outlet for our complaints. There&#39;s always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we&#39;re tired of it.&quot;</p> <p>The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan&#39;s date has not yet been set.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:51:36 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127805 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127805 Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse's Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater's Lower Manhattan location followed suit. Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company's training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company's CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. "They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don't want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions." The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served. In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, "They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. "They cut everyone's shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they're waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That's what happens when there's only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs." Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. "We've been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There's also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift." Alamo's response to the unionization effort? "Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like 'Don't let this outside group speak for you.' It's propaganda." "They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we're overworked and we don't have an outlet for our complaints. There's always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we're tired of it." The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan's date has not yet been set. <p>Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse&#39;s Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater&#39;s Lower Manhattan location followed suit.</p> <p>Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees.</p> <p>The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company&#39;s training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer.</p> <p>Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company&#39;s CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches.</p> <p>DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. &quot;They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don&#39;t want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions.&quot;</p> <p>The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served.</p> <p>In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, &quot;They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks.</p> <p>&quot;They cut everyone&#39;s shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they&#39;re waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs.&quot;</p> <p>Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. &quot;We&#39;ve been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There&#39;s also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift.&quot;</p> <p>Alamo&#39;s response to the unionization effort? &quot;Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like &#39;Don&#39;t let this outside group speak for you.&#39; It&#39;s propaganda.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we&#39;re overworked and we don&#39;t have an outlet for our complaints. There&#39;s always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we&#39;re tired of it.&quot;</p> <p>The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan&#39;s date has not yet been set.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:51:32 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127804 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127804 Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse's Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater's Lower Manhattan location followed suit. Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company's training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company's CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. "They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don't want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions." The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served. In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, "They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. "They cut everyone's shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they're waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That's what happens when there's only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs." Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. "We've been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There's also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift." Alamo's response to the unionization effort? "Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like 'Don't let this outside group speak for you.' It's propaganda." "They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we're overworked and we don't have an outlet for our complaints. There's always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we're tired of it." The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan's date has not yet been set. <p>Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse&#39;s Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater&#39;s Lower Manhattan location followed suit.</p> <p>Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees.</p> <p>The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company&#39;s training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer.</p> <p>Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company&#39;s CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches.</p> <p>DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. &quot;They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don&#39;t want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions.&quot;</p> <p>The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served.</p> <p>In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, &quot;They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks.</p> <p>&quot;They cut everyone&#39;s shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they&#39;re waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs.&quot;</p> <p>Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. &quot;We&#39;ve been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There&#39;s also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift.&quot;</p> <p>Alamo&#39;s response to the unionization effort? &quot;Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like &#39;Don&#39;t let this outside group speak for you.&#39; It&#39;s propaganda.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we&#39;re overworked and we don&#39;t have an outlet for our complaints. There&#39;s always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we&#39;re tired of it.&quot;</p> <p>The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan&#39;s date has not yet been set.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:49:45 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127803 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127803 Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse's Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater's Lower Manhattan location followed suit. Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company's training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company's CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. "They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don't want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions." The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served. In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, "They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. "They cut everyone's shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they're waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That's what happens when there's only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs." Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. "We've been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There's also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift." Alamo's response to the unionization effort? "Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like 'Don't let this outside group speak for you.' It's propaganda." "They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we're overworked and we don't have an outlet for our complaints. There's always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we're tired of it." The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan's date has not yet been set. <p>Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse&#39;s Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater&#39;s Lower Manhattan location followed suit.</p> <p>Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees.</p> <p>The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company&#39;s training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer.</p> <p>Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company&#39;s CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches.</p> <p>DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. &quot;They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don&#39;t want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions.&quot;</p> <p>The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served.</p> <p>In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, &quot;They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks.</p> <p>&quot;They cut everyone&#39;s shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they&#39;re waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs.&quot;</p> <p>Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. &quot;We&#39;ve been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There&#39;s also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift.&quot;</p> <p>Alamo&#39;s response to the unionization effort? &quot;Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like &#39;Don&#39;t let this outside group speak for you.&#39; It&#39;s propaganda.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we&#39;re overworked and we don&#39;t have an outlet for our complaints. There&#39;s always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we&#39;re tired of it.&quot;</p> <p>The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan&#39;s date has not yet been set.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:48:47 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127802 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127802 Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse's Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater's Lower Manhattan location followed suit. Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company's training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company's CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. "They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don't want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions." The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served. In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, "They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. "They cut everyone's shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they're waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That's what happens when there's only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs." Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. "We've been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There's also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift." Alamo's response to the unionization effort? "Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like 'Don't let this outside group speak for you.' It's propaganda." "They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we're overworked and we don't have an outlet for our complaints. There's always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we're tired of it." The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan's date has not yet been set. <p>Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse&#39;s Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater&#39;s Lower Manhattan location followed suit.</p> <p>Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees.</p> <p>The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company&#39;s training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer.</p> <p>Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company&#39;s CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches.</p> <p>DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. &quot;They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don&#39;t want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions.&quot;</p> <p>The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served.</p> <p>In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, &quot;They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks.</p> <p>&quot;They cut everyone&#39;s shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they&#39;re waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs.&quot;</p> <p>Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. &quot;We&#39;ve been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There&#39;s also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift.&quot;</p> <p>Alamo&#39;s response to the unionization effort? &quot;Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like &#39;Don&#39;t let this outside group speak for you.&#39; It&#39;s propaganda.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we&#39;re overworked and we don&#39;t have an outlet for our complaints. There&#39;s always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we&#39;re tired of it.&quot;</p> <p>The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan&#39;s date has not yet been set.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:48:32 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127801 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127801 Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse's Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater's Lower Manhattan location followed suit. Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company's training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company's CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. "They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don't want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions." The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served. In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, "They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. "They cut everyone's shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they're waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That's what happens when there's only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs." Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. "We've been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There's also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift." Alamo's response to the unionization effort? "Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like 'Don't let this outside group speak for you.' It's propaganda." "They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we're overworked and we don't have an outlet for our complaints. There's always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we're tired of it." The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan's date has not yet been set. <p>Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse&#39;s Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater&#39;s Lower Manhattan location followed suit.</p> <p>Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees.</p> <p>The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company&#39;s training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer.</p> <p>Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company&#39;s CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches.</p> <p>DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. &quot;They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don&#39;t want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions.&quot;</p> <p>The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served.</p> <p>In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, &quot;They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks.</p> <p>&quot;They cut everyone&#39;s shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they&#39;re waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs.&quot;</p> <p>Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. &quot;We&#39;ve been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There&#39;s also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift.&quot;</p> <p>Alamo&#39;s response to the unionization effort? &quot;Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like &#39;Don&#39;t let this outside group speak for you.&#39; It&#39;s propaganda.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we&#39;re overworked and we don&#39;t have an outlet for our complaints. There&#39;s always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we&#39;re tired of it.&quot;</p> <p>The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan&#39;s date has not yet been set.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:48:31 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127800 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127800 Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse's Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater's Lower Manhattan location followed suit. Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company's training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company's CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. "They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don't want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions." The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served. In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, "They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. "They cut everyone's shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they're waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That's what happens when there's only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs." Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. "We've been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There's also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift." Alamo's response to the unionization effort? "Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like 'Don't let this outside group speak for you.' It's propaganda." "They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we're overworked and we don't have an outlet for our complaints. There's always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we're tired of it." The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan's date has not yet been set. <p>Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse&#39;s Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater&#39;s Lower Manhattan location followed suit.</p> <p>Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees.</p> <p>The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company&#39;s training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer.</p> <p>Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company&#39;s CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches.</p> <p>DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. &quot;They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don&#39;t want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions.&quot;</p> <p>The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served.</p> <p>In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, &quot;They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks.</p> <p>&quot;They cut everyone&#39;s shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they&#39;re waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs.&quot;</p> <p>Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. &quot;We&#39;ve been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There&#39;s also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift.&quot;</p> <p>Alamo&#39;s response to the unionization effort? &quot;Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like &#39;Don&#39;t let this outside group speak for you.&#39; It&#39;s propaganda.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we&#39;re overworked and we don&#39;t have an outlet for our complaints. There&#39;s always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we&#39;re tired of it.&quot;</p> <p>The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan&#39;s date has not yet been set.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:48:31 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127799 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127799 Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse's Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater's Lower Manhattan location followed suit. Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company's training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company's CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. "They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don't want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions." The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served. In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, "They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. "They cut everyone's shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they're waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That's what happens when there's only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs." Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. "We've been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There's also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift." Alamo's response to the unionization effort? "Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like 'Don't let this outside group speak for you.' It's propaganda." "They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we're overworked and we don't have an outlet for our complaints. There's always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we're tired of it." The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan's date has not yet been set. <p>Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse&#39;s Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater&#39;s Lower Manhattan location followed suit.</p> <p>Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees.</p> <p>The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company&#39;s training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer.</p> <p>Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company&#39;s CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches.</p> <p>DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. &quot;They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don&#39;t want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions.&quot;</p> <p>The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served.</p> <p>In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, &quot;They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks.</p> <p>&quot;They cut everyone&#39;s shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they&#39;re waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs.&quot;</p> <p>Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. &quot;We&#39;ve been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There&#39;s also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift.&quot;</p> <p>Alamo&#39;s response to the unionization effort? &quot;Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like &#39;Don&#39;t let this outside group speak for you.&#39; It&#39;s propaganda.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we&#39;re overworked and we don&#39;t have an outlet for our complaints. There&#39;s always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we&#39;re tired of it.&quot;</p> <p>The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan&#39;s date has not yet been set.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:48:31 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127798 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127798 Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse's Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater's Lower Manhattan location followed suit. Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company's training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company's CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. "They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don't want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions." The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served. In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, "They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. "They cut everyone's shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they're waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That's what happens when there's only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs." Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. "We've been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There's also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift." Alamo's response to the unionization effort? "Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like 'Don't let this outside group speak for you.' It's propaganda." "They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we're overworked and we don't have an outlet for our complaints. There's always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we're tired of it." The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan's date has not yet been set. <p>Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse&#39;s Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater&#39;s Lower Manhattan location followed suit.</p> <p>Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees.</p> <p>The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company&#39;s training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer.</p> <p>Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company&#39;s CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches.</p> <p>DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. &quot;They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don&#39;t want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions.&quot;</p> <p>The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served.</p> <p>In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, &quot;They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks.</p> <p>&quot;They cut everyone&#39;s shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they&#39;re waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs.&quot;</p> <p>Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. &quot;We&#39;ve been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There&#39;s also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift.&quot;</p> <p>Alamo&#39;s response to the unionization effort? &quot;Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like &#39;Don&#39;t let this outside group speak for you.&#39; It&#39;s propaganda.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we&#39;re overworked and we don&#39;t have an outlet for our complaints. There&#39;s always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we&#39;re tired of it.&quot;</p> <p>The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan&#39;s date has not yet been set.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:48:31 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127797 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127797 Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse's Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater's Lower Manhattan location followed suit. Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company's training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company's CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. "They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don't want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions." The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served. In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, "They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. "They cut everyone's shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they're waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That's what happens when there's only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs." Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. "We've been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There's also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift." Alamo's response to the unionization effort? "Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like 'Don't let this outside group speak for you.' It's propaganda." "They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we're overworked and we don't have an outlet for our complaints. There's always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we're tired of it." The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan's date has not yet been set. <p>Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse&#39;s Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater&#39;s Lower Manhattan location followed suit.</p> <p>Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees.</p> <p>The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company&#39;s training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer.</p> <p>Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company&#39;s CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches.</p> <p>DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. &quot;They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don&#39;t want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions.&quot;</p> <p>The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served.</p> <p>In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, &quot;They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks.</p> <p>&quot;They cut everyone&#39;s shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they&#39;re waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs.&quot;</p> <p>Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. &quot;We&#39;ve been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There&#39;s also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift.&quot;</p> <p>Alamo&#39;s response to the unionization effort? &quot;Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like &#39;Don&#39;t let this outside group speak for you.&#39; It&#39;s propaganda.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we&#39;re overworked and we don&#39;t have an outlet for our complaints. There&#39;s always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we&#39;re tired of it.&quot;</p> <p>The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan&#39;s date has not yet been set.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:48:30 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127796 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127796 Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse's Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater's Lower Manhattan location followed suit. Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company's training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company's CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. "They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don't want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions." The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served. In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, "They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. "They cut everyone's shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they're waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That's what happens when there's only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs." Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. "We've been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There's also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift." Alamo's response to the unionization effort? "Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like 'Don't let this outside group speak for you.' It's propaganda." "They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we're overworked and we don't have an outlet for our complaints. There's always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we're tired of it." The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan's date has not yet been set. <p>Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse&#39;s Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater&#39;s Lower Manhattan location followed suit.</p> <p>Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees.</p> <p>The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company&#39;s training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer.</p> <p>Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company&#39;s CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches.</p> <p>DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. &quot;They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don&#39;t want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions.&quot;</p> <p>The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served.</p> <p>In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, &quot;They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks.</p> <p>&quot;They cut everyone&#39;s shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they&#39;re waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs.&quot;</p> <p>Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. &quot;We&#39;ve been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There&#39;s also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift.&quot;</p> <p>Alamo&#39;s response to the unionization effort? &quot;Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like &#39;Don&#39;t let this outside group speak for you.&#39; It&#39;s propaganda.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we&#39;re overworked and we don&#39;t have an outlet for our complaints. There&#39;s always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we&#39;re tired of it.&quot;</p> <p>The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan&#39;s date has not yet been set.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:48:30 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127795 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127795 Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse's Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater's Lower Manhattan location followed suit. Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company's training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company's CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. "They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don't want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions." The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served. In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, "They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. "They cut everyone's shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they're waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That's what happens when there's only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs." Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. "We've been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There's also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift." Alamo's response to the unionization effort? "Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like 'Don't let this outside group speak for you.' It's propaganda." "They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we're overworked and we don't have an outlet for our complaints. There's always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we're tired of it." The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan's date has not yet been set. <p>Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse&#39;s Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater&#39;s Lower Manhattan location followed suit.</p> <p>Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees.</p> <p>The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company&#39;s training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer.</p> <p>Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company&#39;s CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches.</p> <p>DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. &quot;They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don&#39;t want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions.&quot;</p> <p>The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served.</p> <p>In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, &quot;They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks.</p> <p>&quot;They cut everyone&#39;s shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they&#39;re waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs.&quot;</p> <p>Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. &quot;We&#39;ve been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There&#39;s also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift.&quot;</p> <p>Alamo&#39;s response to the unionization effort? &quot;Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like &#39;Don&#39;t let this outside group speak for you.&#39; It&#39;s propaganda.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we&#39;re overworked and we don&#39;t have an outlet for our complaints. There&#39;s always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we&#39;re tired of it.&quot;</p> <p>The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan&#39;s date has not yet been set.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:48:30 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127794 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127794 Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse's Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater's Lower Manhattan location followed suit. Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company's training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company's CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. "They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don't want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions." The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served. In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, "They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. "They cut everyone's shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they're waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That's what happens when there's only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs." Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. "We've been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There's also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift." Alamo's response to the unionization effort? "Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like 'Don't let this outside group speak for you.' It's propaganda." "They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we're overworked and we don't have an outlet for our complaints. There's always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we're tired of it." The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan's date has not yet been set. <p>Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse&#39;s Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater&#39;s Lower Manhattan location followed suit.</p> <p>Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees.</p> <p>The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company&#39;s training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer.</p> <p>Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company&#39;s CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches.</p> <p>DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. &quot;They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don&#39;t want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions.&quot;</p> <p>The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served.</p> <p>In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, &quot;They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks.</p> <p>&quot;They cut everyone&#39;s shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they&#39;re waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs.&quot;</p> <p>Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. &quot;We&#39;ve been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There&#39;s also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift.&quot;</p> <p>Alamo&#39;s response to the unionization effort? &quot;Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like &#39;Don&#39;t let this outside group speak for you.&#39; It&#39;s propaganda.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we&#39;re overworked and we don&#39;t have an outlet for our complaints. There&#39;s always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we&#39;re tired of it.&quot;</p> <p>The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan&#39;s date has not yet been set.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:48:29 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127793 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127793 Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse's Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater's Lower Manhattan location followed suit. Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company's training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company's CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. "They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don't want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions." The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served. In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, "They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. "They cut everyone's shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they're waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That's what happens when there's only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs." Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. "We've been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There's also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift." Alamo's response to the unionization effort? "Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like 'Don't let this outside group speak for you.' It's propaganda." "They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we're overworked and we don't have an outlet for our complaints. There's always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we're tired of it." The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan's date has not yet been set. <p>Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse&#39;s Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater&#39;s Lower Manhattan location followed suit.</p> <p>Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees.</p> <p>The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company&#39;s training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer.</p> <p>Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company&#39;s CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches.</p> <p>DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. &quot;They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don&#39;t want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions.&quot;</p> <p>The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served.</p> <p>In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, &quot;They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks.</p> <p>&quot;They cut everyone&#39;s shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they&#39;re waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs.&quot;</p> <p>Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. &quot;We&#39;ve been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There&#39;s also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift.&quot;</p> <p>Alamo&#39;s response to the unionization effort? &quot;Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like &#39;Don&#39;t let this outside group speak for you.&#39; It&#39;s propaganda.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we&#39;re overworked and we don&#39;t have an outlet for our complaints. There&#39;s always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we&#39;re tired of it.&quot;</p> <p>The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan&#39;s date has not yet been set.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:48:29 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127792 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127792 Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse's Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater's Lower Manhattan location followed suit. Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company's training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company's CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. "They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don't want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions." The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served. In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, "They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. "They cut everyone's shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they're waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That's what happens when there's only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs." Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. "We've been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There's also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift." Alamo's response to the unionization effort? "Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like 'Don't let this outside group speak for you.' It's propaganda." "They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we're overworked and we don't have an outlet for our complaints. There's always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we're tired of it." The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan's date has not yet been set. <p>Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse&#39;s Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater&#39;s Lower Manhattan location followed suit.</p> <p>Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees.</p> <p>The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company&#39;s training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer.</p> <p>Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company&#39;s CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches.</p> <p>DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. &quot;They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don&#39;t want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions.&quot;</p> <p>The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served.</p> <p>In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, &quot;They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks.</p> <p>&quot;They cut everyone&#39;s shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they&#39;re waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs.&quot;</p> <p>Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. &quot;We&#39;ve been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There&#39;s also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift.&quot;</p> <p>Alamo&#39;s response to the unionization effort? &quot;Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like &#39;Don&#39;t let this outside group speak for you.&#39; It&#39;s propaganda.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we&#39;re overworked and we don&#39;t have an outlet for our complaints. There&#39;s always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we&#39;re tired of it.&quot;</p> <p>The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan&#39;s date has not yet been set.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:48:29 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127791 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127791 Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse's Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater's Lower Manhattan location followed suit. Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company's training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company's CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. "They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don't want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions." The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served. In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, "They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. "They cut everyone's shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they're waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That's what happens when there's only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs." Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. "We've been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There's also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift." Alamo's response to the unionization effort? "Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like 'Don't let this outside group speak for you.' It's propaganda." "They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we're overworked and we don't have an outlet for our complaints. There's always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we're tired of it." The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan's date has not yet been set. <p>Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse&#39;s Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater&#39;s Lower Manhattan location followed suit.</p> <p>Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees.</p> <p>The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company&#39;s training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer.</p> <p>Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company&#39;s CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches.</p> <p>DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. &quot;They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don&#39;t want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions.&quot;</p> <p>The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served.</p> <p>In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, &quot;They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks.</p> <p>&quot;They cut everyone&#39;s shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they&#39;re waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs.&quot;</p> <p>Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. &quot;We&#39;ve been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There&#39;s also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift.&quot;</p> <p>Alamo&#39;s response to the unionization effort? &quot;Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like &#39;Don&#39;t let this outside group speak for you.&#39; It&#39;s propaganda.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we&#39;re overworked and we don&#39;t have an outlet for our complaints. There&#39;s always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we&#39;re tired of it.&quot;</p> <p>The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan&#39;s date has not yet been set.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:48:28 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127790 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127790 Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse's Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater's Lower Manhattan location followed suit. Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company's training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company's CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. "They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don't want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions." The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served. In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, "They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. "They cut everyone's shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they're waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That's what happens when there's only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs." Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. "We've been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There's also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift." Alamo's response to the unionization effort? "Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like 'Don't let this outside group speak for you.' It's propaganda." "They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we're overworked and we don't have an outlet for our complaints. There's always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we're tired of it." The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan's date has not yet been set. <p>Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse&#39;s Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater&#39;s Lower Manhattan location followed suit.</p> <p>Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees.</p> <p>The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company&#39;s training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer.</p> <p>Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company&#39;s CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches.</p> <p>DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. &quot;They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don&#39;t want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions.&quot;</p> <p>The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served.</p> <p>In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, &quot;They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks.</p> <p>&quot;They cut everyone&#39;s shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they&#39;re waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs.&quot;</p> <p>Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. &quot;We&#39;ve been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There&#39;s also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift.&quot;</p> <p>Alamo&#39;s response to the unionization effort? &quot;Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like &#39;Don&#39;t let this outside group speak for you.&#39; It&#39;s propaganda.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we&#39;re overworked and we don&#39;t have an outlet for our complaints. There&#39;s always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we&#39;re tired of it.&quot;</p> <p>The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan&#39;s date has not yet been set.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:48:28 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127789 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127789 Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse's Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater's Lower Manhattan location followed suit. Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company's training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company's CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. "They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don't want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions." The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served. In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, "They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. "They cut everyone's shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they're waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That's what happens when there's only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs." Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. "We've been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There's also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift." Alamo's response to the unionization effort? "Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like 'Don't let this outside group speak for you.' It's propaganda." "They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we're overworked and we don't have an outlet for our complaints. There's always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we're tired of it." The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan's date has not yet been set. <p>Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse&#39;s Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater&#39;s Lower Manhattan location followed suit.</p> <p>Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees.</p> <p>The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company&#39;s training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer.</p> <p>Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company&#39;s CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches.</p> <p>DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. &quot;They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don&#39;t want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions.&quot;</p> <p>The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served.</p> <p>In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, &quot;They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks.</p> <p>&quot;They cut everyone&#39;s shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they&#39;re waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs.&quot;</p> <p>Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. &quot;We&#39;ve been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There&#39;s also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift.&quot;</p> <p>Alamo&#39;s response to the unionization effort? &quot;Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like &#39;Don&#39;t let this outside group speak for you.&#39; It&#39;s propaganda.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we&#39;re overworked and we don&#39;t have an outlet for our complaints. There&#39;s always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we&#39;re tired of it.&quot;</p> <p>The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan&#39;s date has not yet been set.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:48:28 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127788 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127788 Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse's Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater's Lower Manhattan location followed suit. Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company's training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company's CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. "They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don't want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions." The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served. In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, "They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. "They cut everyone's shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they're waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That's what happens when there's only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs." Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. "We've been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There's also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift." Alamo's response to the unionization effort? "Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like 'Don't let this outside group speak for you.' It's propaganda." "They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we're overworked and we don't have an outlet for our complaints. There's always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we're tired of it." The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan's date has not yet been set. <p>Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse&#39;s Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater&#39;s Lower Manhattan location followed suit.</p> <p>Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees.</p> <p>The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company&#39;s training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer.</p> <p>Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company&#39;s CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches.</p> <p>DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. &quot;They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don&#39;t want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions.&quot;</p> <p>The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served.</p> <p>In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, &quot;They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks.</p> <p>&quot;They cut everyone&#39;s shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they&#39;re waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs.&quot;</p> <p>Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. &quot;We&#39;ve been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There&#39;s also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift.&quot;</p> <p>Alamo&#39;s response to the unionization effort? &quot;Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like &#39;Don&#39;t let this outside group speak for you.&#39; It&#39;s propaganda.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we&#39;re overworked and we don&#39;t have an outlet for our complaints. There&#39;s always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we&#39;re tired of it.&quot;</p> <p>The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan&#39;s date has not yet been set.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:48:27 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127787 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127787 Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse's Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater's Lower Manhattan location followed suit. Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company's training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company's CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. "They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don't want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions." The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served. In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, "They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. "They cut everyone's shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they're waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That's what happens when there's only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs." Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. "We've been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There's also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift." Alamo's response to the unionization effort? "Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like 'Don't let this outside group speak for you.' It's propaganda." "They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we're overworked and we don't have an outlet for our complaints. There's always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we're tired of it." The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan's date has not yet been set. <p>Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse&#39;s Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater&#39;s Lower Manhattan location followed suit.</p> <p>Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees.</p> <p>The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company&#39;s training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer.</p> <p>Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company&#39;s CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches.</p> <p>DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. &quot;They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don&#39;t want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions.&quot;</p> <p>The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served.</p> <p>In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, &quot;They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks.</p> <p>&quot;They cut everyone&#39;s shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they&#39;re waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs.&quot;</p> <p>Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. &quot;We&#39;ve been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There&#39;s also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift.&quot;</p> <p>Alamo&#39;s response to the unionization effort? &quot;Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like &#39;Don&#39;t let this outside group speak for you.&#39; It&#39;s propaganda.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we&#39;re overworked and we don&#39;t have an outlet for our complaints. There&#39;s always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we&#39;re tired of it.&quot;</p> <p>The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan&#39;s date has not yet been set.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:48:27 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127786 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127786 Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse's Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater's Lower Manhattan location followed suit. Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company's training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company's CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. "They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don't want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions." The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served. In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, "They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. "They cut everyone's shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they're waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That's what happens when there's only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs." Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. "We've been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There's also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift." Alamo's response to the unionization effort? "Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like 'Don't let this outside group speak for you.' It's propaganda." "They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we're overworked and we don't have an outlet for our complaints. There's always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we're tired of it." The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan's date has not yet been set. <p>Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse&#39;s Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater&#39;s Lower Manhattan location followed suit.</p> <p>Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees.</p> <p>The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company&#39;s training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer.</p> <p>Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company&#39;s CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches.</p> <p>DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. &quot;They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don&#39;t want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions.&quot;</p> <p>The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served.</p> <p>In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, &quot;They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks.</p> <p>&quot;They cut everyone&#39;s shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they&#39;re waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs.&quot;</p> <p>Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. &quot;We&#39;ve been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There&#39;s also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift.&quot;</p> <p>Alamo&#39;s response to the unionization effort? &quot;Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like &#39;Don&#39;t let this outside group speak for you.&#39; It&#39;s propaganda.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we&#39;re overworked and we don&#39;t have an outlet for our complaints. There&#39;s always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we&#39;re tired of it.&quot;</p> <p>The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan&#39;s date has not yet been set.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:48:27 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127785 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127785 Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse's Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater's Lower Manhattan location followed suit. Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company's training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company's CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. "They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don't want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions." The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served. In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, "They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. "They cut everyone's shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they're waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That's what happens when there's only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs." Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. "We've been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There's also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift." Alamo's response to the unionization effort? "Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like 'Don't let this outside group speak for you.' It's propaganda." "They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we're overworked and we don't have an outlet for our complaints. There's always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we're tired of it." The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan's date has not yet been set. <p>Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse&#39;s Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater&#39;s Lower Manhattan location followed suit.</p> <p>Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees.</p> <p>The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company&#39;s training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer.</p> <p>Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company&#39;s CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches.</p> <p>DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. &quot;They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don&#39;t want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions.&quot;</p> <p>The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served.</p> <p>In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, &quot;They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks.</p> <p>&quot;They cut everyone&#39;s shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they&#39;re waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs.&quot;</p> <p>Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. &quot;We&#39;ve been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There&#39;s also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift.&quot;</p> <p>Alamo&#39;s response to the unionization effort? &quot;Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like &#39;Don&#39;t let this outside group speak for you.&#39; It&#39;s propaganda.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we&#39;re overworked and we don&#39;t have an outlet for our complaints. There&#39;s always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we&#39;re tired of it.&quot;</p> <p>The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan&#39;s date has not yet been set.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:48:26 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127784 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127784 Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse's Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater's Lower Manhattan location followed suit. Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company's training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company's CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. "They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don't want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions." The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served. In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, "They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. "They cut everyone's shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they're waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That's what happens when there's only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs." Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. "We've been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There's also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift." Alamo's response to the unionization effort? "Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like 'Don't let this outside group speak for you.' It's propaganda." "They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we're overworked and we don't have an outlet for our complaints. There's always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we're tired of it." The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan's date has not yet been set. <p>Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse&#39;s Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater&#39;s Lower Manhattan location followed suit.</p> <p>Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees.</p> <p>The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company&#39;s training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer.</p> <p>Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company&#39;s CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches.</p> <p>DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. &quot;They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don&#39;t want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions.&quot;</p> <p>The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served.</p> <p>In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, &quot;They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks.</p> <p>&quot;They cut everyone&#39;s shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they&#39;re waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs.&quot;</p> <p>Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. &quot;We&#39;ve been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There&#39;s also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift.&quot;</p> <p>Alamo&#39;s response to the unionization effort? &quot;Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like &#39;Don&#39;t let this outside group speak for you.&#39; It&#39;s propaganda.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we&#39;re overworked and we don&#39;t have an outlet for our complaints. There&#39;s always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we&#39;re tired of it.&quot;</p> <p>The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan&#39;s date has not yet been set.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:48:26 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127783 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127783 Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse's Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater's Lower Manhattan location followed suit. Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company's training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company's CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. "They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don't want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions." The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served. In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, "They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. "They cut everyone's shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they're waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That's what happens when there's only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs." Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. "We've been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There's also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift." Alamo's response to the unionization effort? "Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like 'Don't let this outside group speak for you.' It's propaganda." "They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we're overworked and we don't have an outlet for our complaints. There's always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we're tired of it." The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan's date has not yet been set. <p>Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse&#39;s Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater&#39;s Lower Manhattan location followed suit.</p> <p>Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees.</p> <p>The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company&#39;s training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer.</p> <p>Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company&#39;s CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches.</p> <p>DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. &quot;They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don&#39;t want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions.&quot;</p> <p>The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served.</p> <p>In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, &quot;They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks.</p> <p>&quot;They cut everyone&#39;s shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they&#39;re waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs.&quot;</p> <p>Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. &quot;We&#39;ve been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There&#39;s also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift.&quot;</p> <p>Alamo&#39;s response to the unionization effort? &quot;Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like &#39;Don&#39;t let this outside group speak for you.&#39; It&#39;s propaganda.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we&#39;re overworked and we don&#39;t have an outlet for our complaints. There&#39;s always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we&#39;re tired of it.&quot;</p> <p>The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan&#39;s date has not yet been set.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:48:26 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127782 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127782 Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse's Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater's Lower Manhattan location followed suit. Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company's training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company's CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. "They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don't want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions." The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served. In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, "They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. "They cut everyone's shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they're waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That's what happens when there's only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs." Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. "We've been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There's also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift." Alamo's response to the unionization effort? "Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like 'Don't let this outside group speak for you.' It's propaganda." "They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we're overworked and we don't have an outlet for our complaints. There's always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we're tired of it." The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan's date has not yet been set. <p>Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse&#39;s Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater&#39;s Lower Manhattan location followed suit.</p> <p>Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees.</p> <p>The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company&#39;s training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer.</p> <p>Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company&#39;s CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches.</p> <p>DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. &quot;They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don&#39;t want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions.&quot;</p> <p>The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served.</p> <p>In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, &quot;They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks.</p> <p>&quot;They cut everyone&#39;s shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they&#39;re waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs.&quot;</p> <p>Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. &quot;We&#39;ve been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There&#39;s also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift.&quot;</p> <p>Alamo&#39;s response to the unionization effort? &quot;Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like &#39;Don&#39;t let this outside group speak for you.&#39; It&#39;s propaganda.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we&#39;re overworked and we don&#39;t have an outlet for our complaints. There&#39;s always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we&#39;re tired of it.&quot;</p> <p>The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan&#39;s date has not yet been set.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:48:26 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127781 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=127781 Last month, over 150 employees at Alamo Drafthouse's Downtown Brooklyn location filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with UAW Local 2179. Earlier this month, employees at the dine-in movie theater's Lower Manhattan location followed suit. Drafthouse employees allege that management created a hostile working environment, as well as understaffing and failing to provide safe working conditions or sufficient hours for full time employees. The final straw came during the week of Barbenheimer, the blockbuster event of the summer. Alamo Drafthouse boasted both publicly on LinkedIn as well as internally via HotSchedules, the company's training and scheduling app, that record sales were made during Barbenheimer. Employees were thanked and acknowledged for their work through an email from the company's CEO, and a free lunch of Panera bread sandwiches. DW, a bartender at the Downtown Brooklyn location, said the free lunch felt like a slap in the face. "They took away staff movie tickets, shift drinks and meals to save money. We don't want a sandwich after working the busiest weekend of the summer while they made millions." The Alamo Barbenheimer statement announced that over 50,000 chicken tenders, almost 8,000 gallons of beer, and more than 65,000 bowls of popcorn were sold that weekend. 304,000 guests were served. In terms of labor, Alamo employees reported understaffing and cut hours despite how busy Barbenheimer weekend was. DW shared, "They had one bartender working back to back sold out movies, for 12 hours, with no support and no breaks. "They cut everyone's shifts; yesterday was my first shift in a week. Customers are yelling at us because they're waiting long times for drinks or ending up late for their movie. That's what happens when there's only one bartender to make drinks and close tabs." Employees also reported unsafe working conditions. "We've been asking for non slip mats for forever, because people keep falling in the kitchen and behind the bar. There's also mold in the ice machines and someone has to climb in and clean it out every shift." Alamo's response to the unionization effort? "Corporate hired a lawyer to come in and pass out all this anti union stuff. The managers have been messaging us on HotSchedules saying stuff like 'Don't let this outside group speak for you.' It's propaganda." "They keep saying that Alamo is a family but the truth is we're overworked and we don't have an outlet for our complaints. There's always retaliation from management when someone speaks up and we're tired of it." The Downtown Brooklyn location will hold their election next week, on 9/28 and 9/29. Lower Manhattan's date has not yet been set. Test Tue, 19 Sep 2023 16:26:59 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=125501 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=125501 Test Test Tue, 19 Sep 2023 16:26:51 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=125500 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=125500 Test