The Disneyland Resort plans to give 3 percent raises annually to about 1,100 employees — including plasterers and machinists — over the next five years.
The Craft Maintenance Council, which represents employees from 13 unions, approved the agreement on the first vote — the first time it has done so in more than two decades, according to Disney.
“This is a great example of labor and management working collaboratively and cooperatively for the good of our (employees) to reach a fair and competitive agreement,” said Steve Eisenhardt, vice president of labor relations for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts in a prepared statement.
Jim Adams, the council’s chairman and chief negotiator, said the employees are happy with the agreement, which was approved swiftly.
“Any kind of increase in today’s economy is pretty good,” Adams said.
Disney has negotiated agreements with 11,100 workers in the past two years.
About 2,100 hotel employees, however, have worked without a contract for more than two years. Their union is opposed to joining Disney’s health plan, which requires employee payments. Workers pay nothing for the union-run program.
Disney and the hotel union are continuing with mediation, which began shortly after some members staged a hunger strike in February.
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