Jul 19, 2024
Living in cars and motels - what it's like to work at the 'Happiest Place on Earth'
About 10,000 union workers at Disneyland - the first of 12 parks created around the globe - are threatening to strike over the wages and what they say are retaliatory anti-union practices. "Mickey would want fair pay," workers chanted outside Disneyland near the park's gates. The contract for cast members at Disneyland expired 16 June, and the current negotiations involves a coalition of unions that represent nearly 10,000 employees at the park, which includes everyone from those who work as characters and operate rides to sales, restaurant, and janitorial workers. Workers who talked to the BBC said they have kept their jobs at the park because they love the Disney brand, and they rely on the generous healthcare benefits and union-operated food bank, which some workers described as a saving-grace. She said workers believe the pay gap between the workers and the company's executives is outrageous: Disney CEO Bob Iger's compensation was $31.6 million in 2023 - hundreds of times the amount Disneyland cast members earn.
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