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A freshly formed union at one of New York City’s oldest movie theaters is reeling after the firing of four of its members amid contract negotiations.

The Cinema Village Union, which falls under UAW Local 2179, is now down to just three members working at the historic 62-year-old movie house on East 12th Street in Manhattan. Three out of the four workers terminated in mid-July were a part of a unanimous strike authorization vote on May 7, the uni

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