After Odyssey Walkout, SIFF Cinema Workers Union Is Back at the Negotiating Table

Last month, nearly 600 audience members arrived at the Cinerama SIFF Cinema Downtown for the first daytime screening of The Odyssey in 70mm, hungry for a Greek epic and chocolate popcorn. But unionized workers of the SIFF Cinema Workers Union (SCWU), meanwhile, had a hankering for a walkout.As managers and non-union workers poured $9 IPAs at abandoned concessions posts, workers picketed every sold-out showing that Friday and Saturday to send a strong message: from their perspective, contract ne