NYC Alamo Drafthouse Workers On Strike in Manhattan & Brooklyn

On Friday, employees at Alamo Drafthouse’s Manhattan and Brooklyn locations, unionized as NYC Alamo United and represented by UAW Local 2179, walked out on strike. This strike is in response to the mass layoff of 70 employees, over which the union filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge because the company declared an impasse on the layoffs even though both parties continue to negotiate for a first contract.

The 70 layoffs came two weeks after the Texas-based dine-in theater chain reduced its hourly staff by nearly 25% in every corporate-owned location across the country on January 14. Alamo cites unprecedented low projections for Q1 of the 2025 fiscal year as justification for the layoffs.

NYC Alamo United, represented by UAW Local 2179, responded to the layoffs with a 98.2% yes vote for Strike Authorization amongst its bargaining unit and an Unfair Labor Practice Charge with the National Labor Relations Board on February 4. The Alamo workers’ union has been negotiating for its first collective bargaining agreement with Alamo for over a year. Read more hereand for the latest updates, follow @nycalamounited on Instagram, Twitter, and BlueSky.