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London's Ritzy Cinema workers win 12% rise after intense dispute
Cinema union Bectu leader Gerry Morrissey hails 'creative, musical and determined' workers for their tenacity
Cinema workers wrote a happy ending to their blockbuster industrial dispute over the weekend by penning a deal for a 12 per cent pay rise this year.
Thirty five members of entertainments union Bectu that work at the Ritzy Cinema in London voted in favour of the offer, with four voting against.
Their strike epic included 13 walkouts between April and July and won national acclaim from filmmaker Ken Loach.
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