Disneyland 'Cast Members' Vote to Unionize Under Equity

On Saturday, a majority of the amusement park’s character workers voted to unionize with Actors’ Equity Association in a National Labor Relations Board vote, ushering more employees at Disneyland into the union fold. Nine hundred and fifty-three workers voted “yes” to join Equity, while 258 voted “no.” The parties now have several days to file any objections, and if none are submitted, the results will be certified.

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“They say that Disneyland is ‘the place where dreams come true,’ and for the Disney cast members who have worked to organize a union, their dream came true today,” Actors’ Equity Association president Kate Shindle said in a statement on Saturday. “The next step will be to collaborate with them about improving health & safety, wages, benefits, working conditions and job security. After that we will meet with representatives of the Walt Disney Company to negotiate those priorities into a first contract.”


Ed Morrissey

Get ready for ticket prices to go up again, but Disney didn't need unions' help in marking up the costs. A foray into the parks is already enormously expensive and would get worse even if workers rejected the union.

Oddly, these are the last people at the parks to organize. Despite having performers at the park for decades, everyone else but the actors had already unionized at the Anaheim park. 

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