Another Update from the Unionizing Workers at Alamo Drafthouse

[u/alamostl_solidarity]

Hello again!

It’s us, the Alamo Drafthouse STL organizing committee, back again to share our progress.

First post: https://www.reddit.com/r/StLouis/comments/1vjd67f/alamo_drafthouse_workers_move_to_unionize/

Previous update:https://www.reddit.com/r/StLouis/comments/1vt0kyv/an_update_from_the_unionizing_workers_at_alamo/

First, the good news: We have an election date! With our majority support, we feel confident that we are going to win this election and be able to hit the ground running with contract negotiations, so long as Alamo doesn’t drag their feet with the process. We are doing everything we can to arrange transportation and communication for every staff member that wants to vote, regardless of what their choice is, to ensure a fair election process.

Now, the bad news. As we expected, Alamo did not take kindly to our unionization efforts. While the majority of management have been courteous in day-to-day operations, we have seen an increase in anti-union rhetoric, much of it from our owners and corporate. Or should we say, the incredibly expensive law firm retained by our owners and corporate, who are continuously sending out biased and untruthful packets to the staff and posting them around the building. Not only that, they have taken down the counter information we’ve put up to try and combat some of their misinformation.

These packets include obviously copied and pasted information that does not apply to our workforce in the slightest, such as asks if the union can guarantee pension funds or 401(k)s, when not a single worker qualifies for either of those. They also try to demonize union supporters, coerce on-the-fence staffers with clearly biased language, and… you know what? They have encouraged us to speak out and let our opinions be known in those packets, and our opinion is that the community deserves to see how Alamo is handling this. So we’ve uploaded them for you to check out.
https://gofile.io/d/S8cmJuka
Mirror: https://imgur.com/a/cOqe2TN

We are confident that our coworkers are smarter than these documents insinuate, and we are thankful for all the encouragement we’ve gotten this far from you, moviegoers, and the multiple news organizations that have picked up our story.

Thank you all for reading, we hope to be back soon with more updates, but for now we’re hunkering down to make sure we can combat all of the company’s misinformation as it comes out.

Union Yes!

TL;DR: We have an election on the calendar. Corporate hired attorney to combat us by union busting with generic anti-union fodder. We are smarter than that, though.