Will Self: Why I am boycotting my favourite local cinema – Comment – Comment – London Evening Standard

The end of the year-long industrial dispute at Brixton’s Ritzy Cinema has turned out to be the worst Pyrrhic victory for its workforce: they’ve got the London Living Wage of £8.80 but only at the cost of 20 out of the 93 staff losing their jobs. The union that represents cinema staff and backed them has called the announcement by Picturehouse cinemas — which owns the Ritzy — “a kick in the teeth”.

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