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Performers at Disneyland Resort announced today that they intend to unionize.
Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland
Actors’ Equity Association — the same union that represents performers and stage managers at Disney World, on Broadway, and in many live theater productions across the United States — will represent the Disneyland employees.
After months of stalled negotiations and a rejection of Disney’s “best offer,” the six cast member unions representing 43,000 full- and part-time workers at Disney World voted to approve a new contract today.
Cinderella Castle
The new agreement makes the minimum wage for Disney World’s current Cast Members $18 per hour by the end of this year, and is retroactive to October 1st, 2022 — the date their previous contract expired.
Bob Iger may have only just returned to the CEO position at Disney in November of 2022, but he’s already faced some huge challenges.
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There have been executive leadership changes, a major reorganization of the Company is underway, and huge cost cuts (we’re talking BILLIONS) are planned for the Disney Company. But that’s not all. Right now, we’re tackling 3 of the major unexpected challenges Iger has had to face and just what the future might hold. Let’s break it all down!
Disney World is often touted as the Most Magical Place on Earth — but the unions representing Cast Members responsible for making that magic say that’s no longer the case.
Disney Cast Members
Cast Member unions and Disney have been battling over contracts since October 2022, when the most recent agreements expired. After multiple bouts of negotiations ended with the unions voting to reject Disney’s offers, what happens next remains unclear. But, that doesn’t mean the war on wages is over — in fact, it may just be getting started.
Disney’s battle with unions representing thousands of Cast Members in Orlando is not over yet.
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Negotiations had been ongoing for quite some time since the Cast Member contracts expired back in October of 2022. Most recently, Cast Members took a vote on Disney’s contract offer, and it was rejected by a 96% margin. The unions and Disney came back to the bargaining table, and now we’ve got an update on that situation.
Disney World employs thousands of Cast Members, and many of those Cast Members are part of labor unions.
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The unions and Disney have been negotiating over wage increases and healthcare for quite some time, with the latest being an offer and statement from Disney regarding a proposed increase. The current offer includes raises, retroactive back pay, and additional perks for full time cast members like a 401K. And today we have an update on how the unions plan to respond.
Various unions that represent Disney World Cast Members have been negotiating with Disney about wages and benefits.
Cast Members at Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party
Back in November, we shared that some labor unions held a rally over employee pay. Disney later released a statement on the Cast Member pay negotiations. Now, we finally have an update as to what’s going on.
Last week, we told you guys a large union comprised of many food and beverage Cast Members were being called back to work at Disney World’s restaurants.
Remy Topiary at Ecpot’s Flower and Garden Festival
At first, we were a little confused why Epcot was recalling its Festival food handlers — which, of course, we later found out only hours later was because Food and Wine Festival was returning on July 15th! And now we’ve just learned some of Disney World’s equity performers are being asked back.
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