Brooklyn movie theater workers ‘victimized by Barbenheimer’ vote to unionize

NY Post ^ | 03/20/2024 | Isabel Keane

[ChicagoConservative27]

Brooklyn movie theater workers who said they were “victimized by Barbenheimer” have voted to unionize — after what they claim was “an aggressive union-busting campaign” from management.

Employees at Nitehawk Cinema in Prospect Park say they’ve had enough of unsafe working conditions, unfair treatment, and being underpaid and overworked at the popular theater. Their concerns became “exacerbated by the whirlwind phenomena of Barbenheimer” last summer, the union said in a statement last month.

Out of over 100 eligible voters, 92 workers participated in the election last week, voting 51-41 in favor of a union, Will Bobrowski, second vice president at UAW Local 2179 told Brooklyn Paper.

Workers at the independent dine-in theater said Barbenheimer, the biggest opening weekend in the cinema’s 12 years of business, was a tipping point for staff, many of whom already felt overwhelmed by the theater’s lackluster post-COVID protocols.

[ChicagoConservative27]

Shut it down ASAP

[PGR88]

For those wondering, “Barbenheimer” is a portmanteau of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer”

[Sirius Lee]

Thanks. I thought it was a neologism for a second.

[KamperKen]

They’ll all be unionizing in the unemployment line shortly.

[JonPreston]

Popcorn my ass!

[eyeamok]

lackluster post-COVID protocols

A clear sign none of your employee's are worth employing, CLOSE DOWN and save yourself before they bankrupt you.

[Red Badger]

Don’t these morons realize that ‘walk-in theaters’ are going the way of movie rental stores and Drive-ins?

Streaming will become the norm, and they will be out of work anyways.

And if working in a theater is the best job they can get, then they need to reassess their educational priorities......................

[Myrddin]

The last movie that I saw in a large screen theater was "Top Gun: Maverick". My wife purchased Oppenheimer from Amazon Prime. We simply don't need the exposure to large crowds in a theater.

[Red Badger]

The last movie that I saw in a large screen theater was “The Jungle Book” a 2016 live action film directed by Jon Favreau.

And it was in a place called ‘Suds ‘n Cinema’ where you sit at tables and eat dinner while watching the movie...............

[The Louiswu]

I was going to see the 2nd part of Dune at IMAX but putting up with crowds and 5 bucks for a soda was enough to make me just wait and watch it at home on the big screen with the wife and doggo. Bye bye movie theaters we knew you when.