Pffffffffffffffffftttttttt…. (Photo: Looker)

Could the long-running, star-studded, microcosmic conflict between the IFC Center and Projectionists Union Local 306 finally be a thing of the past? That's what The Reeler hears from a source close to the matter:

So the IFC Center dispute with the Union is over. Seems all our hard work and celebrity influence was for naught. We won!...and then...the scab projectionists over their [sic] voted not to join the union …

So I won't stop you anymore from going to their shitty pretentious theater with bad sightlines and a crew that has spit in our face but is thrilled to reap the benefits of a long history of NYC Union progress seeking fair wages and safe working conditions.

"Voted" might be oversimplifying it; folks on both sides acknowledge the representation process is a little more involved than that, and I also hear that IFC Center's projectionists never took any kind of official vote. Could "discouraged further action" be more appropriate?

Either way, if this is true.... Whoa. Talk about ending with a whimper.