For those unaware, Medieval Times is a dinner-theater that specializes in a medieval ambient experience. Beginning in 2022, two of its locations unionized under the American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA); and since then, Medieval Times has been waging one of the most vicious anti-union campaigns in recent memory. I am saddened to report that this campaign successfully concluded this week, preventing the union from ever negotiating a contract.
The full details can be found in this Huffington Post article on the scale of the effort. But to summarize how devastating this campaign has been from Medieval Times: last February, 27 workers went on strike against the company. Today, only 7 of those 27 strikers have jobs with it. So many members have been purged or replaced that a looming effort by the the anti-union National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation to decertify the union has finally gotten it to stand down at both locations. This is ultimately an important and cautionary tale in how winning a union is only the first, not last, stage of the fight:
