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New Contract Offer Rejected by Walt Disney World Workers

Walt Disney World employees have rejected a new contract offer presented to the unions that represent around 32,000 workers, including attraction operators, performers, housekeepers, hospitality and retail workers, transport workers, and custodians. In a decisive vote of 96% against, Disney employees responded to a new five-year contract deal that would Disney described in a statement New Contract Offer Rejected by Walt Disney World Workers

Disney Minnie Van Drivers Can Now Join Unions

Last Tuesday, Tampa’s regional director of the National Labor Relations Board granted a request to add Minnie Van drivers to the resort’s existing bus drivers’ union. A collective bargaining agreement with Disney World allows new workers to join existing unions. In July, Teamsters Local 385, a coalition that represents Disney’s bus drivers, requested to clarify if Disney Minnie Van Drivers Can Now Join Unions

Proposed $15 Per Hour Wage Increase/Benefit Cuts Under Consideration by Walt Disney World Union Members

A proposal that looked to some as a possible end to an almost year-long series of wage negotiations between the Walt Disney World Resort and labor unions representing its cast members is still being debated. Earlier today, the Service Trades Council Union, which represents 38,000 resort cast members, failed to reach a decision on an Proposed $15 Per Hour Wage Increase/Benefit Cuts Under Consideration by Walt Disney World Union Members

Union Wage Negotiations Begin; Disney Proposes 2.5% Salary Increase

As the first round of negotiations between Disney and union representatives began yesterday, Disney placed their opening offer on the table. Their proposal would increase cast member salaries by 2.5%, while freezing the new hire starting minimum wage at $10 an hour. The coalition of unions representing more than half of Disney World employees has Union Wage Negotiations Begin; Disney Proposes 2.5% Salary Increase

Negotiating Between Disney and the Service Trades Council Union Starts on Monday

In July, The DIS reported that the Service Trades Council Union had plans to reopen wage negotiations with the Walt Disney World Resort. This Monday, August 28, those negotiations over a potential raise in wages for cast members, will begin. According to WFTV, the Service Trades Council Union argues that cast members’ should start at Negotiating Between Disney and the Service Trades Council Union Starts on Monday