The early-year slowdown at the box office brought an unpleasant surprise for workers at Alamo Drafthouse: nationwide layoffs. But unionized employees at three of the dine-in chains theaters in Colorado and New York pushed back.

The move marks an escalation in labor unrest over a round of layoffs that Alamo Drafthouse conducted nationwide in early 2025.

Workers are striking at the Alamo Drafthouse on Colfax Avenue in Denver. Employees are asking them to rehire 11 workers who were laid off.

Unionized employees at a Colorado Alamo Drafthouse made good on threats made earlier this week by walking out on strike. The Alamo Drafthouse's Sloan Lake location walked out after threats made to do so in protest of a number of recent "unjust" layoffs.

Staffers at a unionized theater in Colorado have joined their New York colleagues in protesting cuts at the Sony-owned theater chain.