Workers at St. Louis’ Alamo Drafthouse Cinema at City Foundry voted this week to form what they say is the first modern-era movie theater union in Missouri.
The vote followed a swift, roughly six-month campaign sparked by the introduction of an online ordering system. Workers say it had a hefty impact on their hours – and their tips.
Where servers previously took orders from seated customers, patrons order digitally using a QR code under the new system. This means less human interaction with every order…