Newsroom employees and advertising sales representatives at The Village Voice have said that they are prepared to strike for the first time in the newspaper's 50-year history if no agreement is reached with management by midnight. Workers have asked for a wage increase, higher benefit levels, and protection against layoffs. No mention has been made as to how the strike will affect production of the newspaper, or specifically whether movie reviews will still be available.
See "Employees at Village Voice Are Poised for Union Strike", Abeer Allam, The New York Times, June 29, 2005