Brixton Ritzy staff in pay dispute for London Living Wage with Picturehouse Cinemas

[Fozzie Bear]

For clarity: it's not "my" forum and I am not the "main moderator."

OK

I think the staff have made it clear that they want the venue boycotted. I.e. they do not want people to attend the venue.

You can help with this by not allowing events at the venue to be publicised on [your] this forum.

As [the main] a moderator of a thriving online community with strong associations with Brixton, you can play a key role in this.

 

[editor]

There's going to be a benefit at the Grosvenor on Sat 12th July for the Ritzy workers. I hope you'll all be able to come along and throw in a few quid.

I'll post up more details later today.

 

[editor]

OK

I think the staff have made it clear that they want the venue boycotted. I.e. they do not want people to attend the venue.

You can help with this by not allowing events at the venue to be publicised on [your] this forum.

As [the main] a moderator of a thriving online community with strong associations with Brixton, you can play a key role in this.

I'm talking to them directly and have explained the situation to them. I will act based on what they say.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

There's going to be a benefit at the Grosvenor on Sat 12th July for the Ritzy workers. I hope you'll be able to come along and throw in a few quid.

I'll post up more details.

Edited because it was crossposted with your post above. Thanks for that.

 

[existentialist]

OK, but surely there are already criteria for what can and cannot be posted there?

I think it would be a fantastic message to be able to say that Urban 75 supports the boycott in that way.

Seems to me that Urban would not prevent anyone from following up to a thread advertising an event at the Ritzy to suggest that the event be boycotted.

And that has several advantages. One, nobody can accuse Urban (or the editor) of censorship or oppressive behaviour; two, every advert for a Ritzy event represents another opportunity for the issues at stake to be discussed. I presume the threads (and links) are indexed by Google, and this thus provides yet more material out there on the 'net to support the strikers' case.

Banning ads from the Ritzy simply on the basis that editor is a supporter of the employees' strike action might actually minimise the value of his stand and that of other Urbanites, IMO.

 

[cesare]

Can we have a "boycott the Ritzy" button or smilie please?

 

[editor]

The Ritzy workers have told me that they don't want anything banned or censored from the urban75 forums because, "it's not the local promoters and bands we want to hit really."

 

[Ms T]

I wish I'd read about the boycott before I renewed my bloody membership the other day.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

The Ritzy workers have told me that they don't want anything banned or censored from the urban75 forums because, "it's not the local promoters and bands we want to hit really."

OK nice one.

 

[Winot]

I wish I'd read about the boycott before I renewed my bloody membership the other day.

Did you renew it online in the last 7 days? If so you might be able to cancel and get your money back under distance selling regulations.

http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/regulation/distance-selling-regulations

 

[editor]

Benefit at the Grosvenor on the 12th.

http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2014/07/ritzy-workers-strike-benefit-at-the-grosvenor-sat-12th-july/

 

[snowy_again]

I don't think I ever anticipated seeing those two on a bill together!

 

[editor]

I'm currently trying to get some more acts together and make it an even more interesting bill!

 

[Gramsci]

OK, but surely there are already criteria for what can and cannot be posted there?

I think it would be a fantastic message to be able to say that Urban 75 supports the boycott in that way.

Urban75 is not a single group. People hold different opinions.

If you read this thread you will find that there are a variety of opinions on the benefits or not of LLW.

I am supporting the Ritzy boycott. I do not have a problem with someone posting up an event on the Brixton noticeboard. You can choose not to go.

 

[editor]

Urban75 is not a single group. People hold different opinions.

If you read this thread you will find that there are a variety of opinions on the benefits or not of LLW.

I am supporting the Ritzy boycott. I do not have a problem with someone posting up an event on the Brixton noticeboard. You can choose not to go.

I don't use the cinema much, but I used to regularly have meetings in the cafe and sometimes grab a beer there. I won't be going while the boycott is active.

 

[Gramsci]

I don't use the cinema much, but I used to regularly have meetings in the cafe and sometimes grab a beer there. I won't be going while the boycott is active.

I am suffering for the cause.

I went to the Rio in Dalston a few weeks ago. Slightly cheaper the Ritzy. For some reason costs the same to get there as going to West End and its quick using the overhead train link from Highbury.

Rio is like stepping back in time to the old rep cinemas like the Scala. Which I like. When I first got into film it was partly because it was cheap.

 

[Gramsci]

Lyn Goleby, the managing director of Picturehouse: "However, we cannot predict the future levels of the London Living Wage and we cannot build a business plan around a rate that is not within our ability to forecast."

She is also assuming that the management can set wage rates without any opposition from the staff.

 

[Gramsci]

Lyn Goleby, the managing director of Picturehouse: "However, we cannot predict the future levels of the London Living Wage and we cannot build a business plan around a rate that is not within our ability to forecast."

Looked her up and she made herself a multimillionaire out of the merger of Picturehouse and Cineworld.

Cineworld has snapped up the arthouse cinema chain Picturehouse, owner of the Ritzy cinema in south London and the Phoenix in Oxford, in a deal worth £47.3m.

The deal – which will make Picturehouse's co-founder Lyn Goleby a multimillionaire

"Business plans" often work in favour of the bosses not the workers.

 

[JTG]

I've been told that a Living Wage for Ritzy staff banner has been spotted at Glasto

I saw tshirts and the long drops were stickered

 

[colacubes]

I saw tshirts and the long drops were stickered

I saw the man with the flag by the cider bus and gave him a solidarity hug I'm sure he appreciated it

I'm pretty sure he works there as I recognised him.

I may make a trip to the Rio over the weekend on your recommendation Gramsci

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Urban75 is not a single group. People hold different opinions.

If you read this thread you will find that there are a variety of opinions on the benefits or not of LLW.

I am supporting the Ritzy boycott. I do not have a problem with someone posting up an event on the Brixton noticeboard. You can choose not to go.

I think the point is to have the discussion, which we have done quite well here. Ultimately what the Ritzy workers want is what I will support and I am grateful to editor for taking the time to ask them.

(Glad you like the Rio, btw - I am a member. Shame they have no cats tho...)

 

[editor]

Just posted: Want to support the striking Brixton Ritzy workers? Here’s how…

You can donate via PayPal.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Just posted: Want to support the striking Brixton Ritzy workers? Here’s how…

You can donate via PayPal.

That's cool but I get an error when I click on the "You can also donate to the Ritzy fighting fund here." link?

 

[editor]

That's cool but I get an error when I click on the "You can also donate to the Ritzy fighting fund here." link?

Cheers for the heads up - I've fixed it. I'd posted in the URL after I'd donated.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Cheers for the heads up - I've fixed it. I'd posted in the URL after I'd donated.

Sorry to be a monumental pain, but clicking on that link has now changed from an error at the paypal site, to an error at the Brixton buzz site.

 

[editor]

Sorry to be a monumental pain, but clicking on that link has now changed from an error at the paypal site, to an error at the Brixton buzz site.

What the... let me try again! OK, there was a http that had gone walkabout.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

What the... let me try again! OK, there was a http that had gone walkabout.

All good now, I have donated!

 

[Gramsci]

Ritzy workers launch boycott of Picturehouse cinemas today

 

[Gramsci]

 

[Gramsci]

From Ritzy workers FB page:

Today marks the official boycott of all Picturehouse Cinemas . Please support the Ritzy Living Wage campaign by not spending any money at any of their cinema's until they step up and value their staff. Thank you for all your continued support. It's driving us forward !!!!