Disney unions launch Web site

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/local/orl-disney1107apr11,0,4000181.story?coll=sfla-business-headlines

Disney unions launch Web site

Sara K. Clarke
Sentinel Staff Writer
Posted April 11 2007


Working at Disney is less than a dream come true, according to a Web site launched Tuesday by five unions representing Walt Disney World workers in ongoing contract negotiations.

The site, WeAreDisney.info, outlines issues that the unions want addressed, including wages, health-care costs, outsourcing and retirement benefits. The current contract expires April 28 for several unions that combined represent 21,000 of Disney's 39,500 full-time workers.

"Our goal is to inform the public about our concerns," said Morty Miller, president of the Service Trades Council Union.

A Disney World spokeswoman said the company respects the right of union leaders to share their perspective. But the company stood by its compensation packages.

"From our perspective, we believe that our pay is competitive," spokeswoman Kim Prunty said.

Among the goals for Walt Disney World workers are wage increases that allow them to have a middle-class standard of living, Miller said. The Web site says that entry-level wages are $7 per hour, and that many Disney World workers earn between $14,560 and $17,680 annually.


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[nosmokes]

1. what? you didn't know the mouse was a rat bastard?

disney is notoriously anti-union. although trying to organize some of those bozos is really like hitting yourself in the head with a hammer. maybe it's better now, i sure hope so. but it used to be they were so anti-union themselves that just talking to them about organizing and a few would bristle like they were ready to fight.