If you plan on heading out to Disney Springs this weekend you may find yourself in the middle of a demonstration for the Reedy Creek Fire Fighters Association Local 2117. This association represents the emergency workers at Walt Disney World. They will be picketing Sunday morning in and around the Disney Springs parking lots.
Since the 1970’s the union’s labor was not allowed to protest on Disney property due to a firefighter’s demonstration along a road that lead to Magic Kingdom. However in 2013 the union won the right to picket there again.
Reedy Creek which is the Disney-controlled government agency that employs firefighters and paramedics serving the resort contract negotiations have stalled. The firefighters and paramedics have been working without a contract for over a year and the two sides cannot agree on pay and insurance.
Union president Tim Stromsnes said the opening of the second garage as the perfect opportunity they have been looking for:
“Here we are asking for peanuts, and Reedy Creek spent millions of millions of dollars on these parking garages, and they won’t even work with me on a contract,”
The picket signs will mostly focus on the structure of government of Reedy Creek.
Although the Union representatives said Reedy Creek gave them a permit allowing up to 100 people to demonstrate on Friday, the Reedy Creek District Administrator John Classes said they missed the deadline (requiring 15 days’ notice to demonstrate) but they will be allowed to picket anyway.
Updated with photos from the protest on 05/15/16 from Twitter user The Firemannurse
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