Disneyland Rolls Out Wage Bump Proposal for Hourly Employees

[Uncle Joe]

Source: NBC

Disneyland Resort officials Thursday rolled out a proposed wage offer that they said would amount to a 36 percent increase over a three-year span for its hourly workers, two days before Sen. Bernie Sanders plans to meet with Disneyland unions and rally them during contract negotiations.

Disneyland Resort said "master services cast members'' would make a $15-per-hour wage by 2020, which would be two years ahead of the state's minimum wage standard.

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Sanders, who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for president in 2016, sent a letter to his supporters Thursday that blasted Disney. The senator from Vermont's letter refers to some workers "living in a tent city not far from the park,'' apparently referring to the homeless encampment along the Santa Ana riverbed, which was recently cleared as a federal judge oversees a lawsuit regarding anti-camping laws.

"According to one recent study, nearly 1 in 10 workers employed at the park reported being homeless in the past two years, more than 2 in 3 say they are food insecure, and 3 out of 4 employees say they do not make enough money for their basic needs," Sanders wrote. "This is not what Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck are supposed to be about. This does not sound like the 'happiest place on Earth' to me."

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Read more: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/Disneyland-Wages-Living-Happiest-Place-Mickey-484239921.html

[Duppers]

1. Bernie's for the little guy.

Did you catch him on Bill Maher? He still has the fire.

[Uncle Joe]

2. Yes he does, reminds me

of the Energizer Bunny.

I'm heading to bed, have a good night Duppers and everybody else for that matter.

[Duppers]

3. Thank you, Joe.

You too.

[Sophia4]

13. Just watched on YouTube. It was great.

[LuvNewcastle]

4. I read about this in an email from Bernie the other day.

He talked about how their employees are on starvation wages, yet Disney just gave their CEO a $400+million bonus over the next few years. How on Earth can anybody see that shit and think it's okay? It makes no sense to me. I'm glad these people are having some success at least.

[Sherman A1]

5. Agreed this is beyond absurd

However we seem to be in a world that has gone well beyond the looking glass.

[logosoco]

6. If it wasn't for the work of the folks on the ground, there would be NO money at the top!

That seems like a logical thing and easy to see, but somehow we overlook this fact.

[Omaha Steve]

8. K&R!

I got the same email.

[mpcamb]

7. Disney pays $11/hr. I hope they get punished in November ballot in Anaheim.

"The measure for the November ballot would ask voters to require Disney and other large Anaheim employers that accept city subsidies to pay workers a minimum of $15 an hour starting Jan. 1, 2019, with salaries rising $1 an hour every Jan. 1 through 2022."
That would make the Disney company come thru with the raise a year earlier and add a buck a year thru 2022.

[Coventina]

10. $11 an hour in SoCal? Yikes!

I was there in December.

If I'd known I'd have tipped my ride attendants!

That's horrible!

[Bengus81]

11. Gawd...you need that much per hour to survive here in Kansas.........

Where we're lucky enough to have housing that's one of the best places for "best bang for the buck" and gas that isn't 3.50 per gallon---yet.

[CrispyQ]

9. No one in our country should be "food insecure" much less homeless.

What is the point of a national defense budget if you don't take care of your citizens?

on edit: We have to end this fiction that corporations are persons.

[Sophia4]

12. Thank you, Bernie!

[Judi Lynn]

14. Thanks for the article, Uncle Joe. n/t

[Uncle Joe]

15. Thank you Judi Lynn. n/t