Local Disney World Union Planning Protest for End of November
Disney and Local Disney World Unions have been going back and forth trying to reach an agreement for what seems like months now. However, in a recent post on the Local 737 Union Facebook group, the Local Cast Member Union is going to be taking its message to the streets.
Here are the details:
Yesterday and today we made very little progress in our negotiations with Disney. We continued to emphasize that a $1 raise in 2022 does not help workers live during historic inflation. When a company tells us “No,” we don’t back down.
So all 6 Unions decided that it is time to take our message to the public. We are planning a large protest on Wednesday, November 30. As soon as we have more details, we will share them here.”
Related – Several Critical Economic Items Remain Open between Disney and Local Union
UNITE HERE Local 737 is the proud union of workers in Walt Disney World Food & Beverage and Housekeeping, Palmas Services, Patina Restaurant Group, the Hilton Buena Vista Palace Resort & Spa, the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel at the Entrance to Universal Orlando and Centerplate at the Orange County Convention Center.
In 2018, unionized Disney workers negotiated to raise minimum wages from $10 to $15 — and even more for Housekeepers and Cooks. As other Orlando hospitality employers raised their workers’ pay to keep up with the union standard at Disney, tens of thousands of Orlando tourism workers finally achieved financial stability. For a time, a $15 wage put some families on track with a living wage.
But the skyrocketing cost of living has put Orlando tourism workers and their communities back in economic danger.
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