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Union campaign at Medieval Times ends
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Workers at Lyndhurst location were among those who sought collective bargaining agreement
The union campaign is over at the Medieval Times dinner-theater chain. The American Guild of Variety Artists says it will no longer represent workers at the company’s locations in Lyndhurst, New Jersey and one in Southern California, where workers organized.
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Union campaign at Medieval Times ends
Clip: 3/14/2024 | 1m 24sVideo has Closed Captions
The union campaign is over at the Medieval Times dinner-theater chain. The American Guild of Variety Artists says it will no longer represent workers at the company’s locations in Lyndhurst, New Jersey and one in Southern California, where workers organized.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipWhile the Royals and the Knights fought a good battle.
But the union campaign is over at the medieval times.
The American Guild of Variety Artists says it will no longer represent workers at two of the dinner theater companies locations, one in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, the other in Southern California.
Two years after voting to unionize, neither group was able to secure a collective bargaining agreement.
NJ Spotlight News covered their effort starting back in 2022 to lock in higher wages and improve safety culture for the actors, crowds and the horses used in those epic tournaments.
The Medieval Times hired a consultant to push back against organizing efforts and alleged they engaged in a number of union busting practices like giving raises to castles that didn't pursue a union.
It comes at a time when employees at other former non-UK union companies like Amazon and Starbucks have had major union election victories but are in bitter contract battles with their employers.
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