Alamo Drafthouse employees to protest today in advance of Denver-area union drive

Dozens of workers at the Westminster location of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema chain are planning to unionize to combat what they allege are dangerous working conditions, low pay amid record profits, and firings related to union action and HR complaints, leaders said Tuesday.

Employees will rally outside the six-year-old Sloans Lake location, at 4255 W. Colfax Ave., at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 2, to bring attention to the cause, said Alamo Drafthouse employee Ian Miller, who’s helping lead the union drive. About 60% of Westminster’s 109 employees who were formally polled have already said they’d get behind the drive, according to Miller. A Sloan’s Lake poll of that location’s 99 employees is next.

The drive covers both front-of-house workers such as bartenders and ticket sellers as well as kitchen staff, according to a statement announcing the rally. The potential uni...