Community strike support activists Statler & Waldorf have sent in this report of their action at Picturehouse Central on Shaftesbury Avenue this Saturday. More reports to follow soon. On… Read more A fistful of leaflets: Picturehouse Central day of action report →
Facebook event here Living Wage not union busting! 26 August and 2 September: picket your local Picturehouse or Cineworld cinema! Picturehouse workers have been in dispute with their employer Picturehouse for eleven months. They have been striking for the Living Wage and proper sick pay and maternity payments. But the employer hasn’t been listening. Cineworld, a company that saw £80million profits last year, has refused to meet with their workers’ union, BECTU: and they have recently sacked four BECTU trade union reps and suspended a fifth! We are organising a… Read more 26 August and 2 Sept: Community days of action! →
Find below leaflets for you to hand out to staff and customers at Picturehouse cinemas and Cineworld cinemas during community pickets, and on the 29 July day of action. There… Read more Leaflets and posters for Picturehouse Solidarity actions →
*Direct action callout: Picturehouse/Cineworld day of action* SATURDAY 29 JULY – Facebook event here Cineworld is one of the world’s biggest cinema chains, which made over £90 million in post-tax… Read more 29 July: National day of action! →
Picturehouse cinemas, and Cineworld, have sacked four trade unionists in the middle of a dispute – the workers were asking for the Living Wage. This is extremely serious: it’s… Read more Boycott the Picturehouse! →
Owen Jones explains the story so far
Kelly and Kiv, two Picturehouse trade union reps, tell their story
Support the Picturehouse Four! 