Posts tagged Master Services Council
Disneyland union protesters chant ‘shut it down’ ahead of strike vote
July 18, 2024 // Disneyland union employees rallied outside the park’s entrance on Wednesday, July 17 in support of union contract negotiations seeking fair wages. The symbolic date marked the 69th anniversary of the park’s opening on July 17, 1955.
Disneyland union hands out Mickey Mouse raised fist buttons to theme park visitors
July 8, 2024 // Disneyland’s largest union coalition took its fight for a pay raise to the streets by handing out Mickey Mouse raised fist buttons to visitors entering the Anaheim theme park. Disneyland union employees distributed buttons on Monday, July 1 with the Disney icon’s white gloved hand raised in a fist as a symbol of fighting oppression and asked arriving theme park visitors to sign a petition in support of union contract negotiations seeking fair wages. Cast members, Disney parlance for employees, handed out the buttons with Mickey’s cartoon fist at the corner of Harbor Boulevard and Disney Way while wearing their theme park uniforms.
Disneyland employees vote for union contract, avoid strike
December 4, 2021 // The tentative agreement endorsed by Master Services Council leadership raises minimum pay from $15.50 to $18.50 per hour — a 19% increase
Disney workers split on approving first major post-shutdown contract
November 18, 2021 // After months of negotiations, thousands of employees represented by the Master Services Council cast their ballots the day before on a contract primed to raise wages to a minimum of $18 an hour by 2023 while providing seniority-based bonuses.