By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — You can add Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy to the growing list of workers seeking better employment benefits. After three days of voting last week, 1,700 Disneyland Resort cast members who play characters around the theme park in Anaheim, California, as well as perform at parades, voted
NBC News reports: “Disneyland performers who help bring Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and other beloved characters to life at the Southern California resort chose to unionize following a three-day vote culminating on Saturday. The Actors’ Equity Association labor union said in a statement Saturday that cast members for the parades and characters departments at Disney’s theme parks near… Source
After workers saw their base pay go up, Disneyland performers voted in favor or unionization amid concerns over working conditions.
Plus, a look at the data behind the highest-paid CEOs. Greetings, comms pros! Let’s take a look at a few news stories from the past week and see what we can learn from them. 1 . Disneyland character performers vote to authorize unionization Who knew Mickey Mouse was joining a union? According to a report […]
The UAW alleges Mercedes-Benz fired pro-union workers, forced workers to attend anti-union meetings, and interfered with workers' ability to advocate.
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Community High School District 128 teachers, parents and students in Libertyville and Vernon Hills will attend tonight’s high school board meeting to ask for the removal of Superintendent Denise Herrmann following a District 128 Federation of Teachers vote of no confidence last week. In a news release issued Monday by the District 128 Federation of […]
On the first full day of election campaigning the Labour leader says "nothing will change" if the Conservatives get back into power on July 5.
This was the one of several claims seeding doubt about the legitimacy of U.S. electoral processes ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
143 Democrats Voted Against Bill Barring Non-Americans Voting In DC Elections The GOP-led House passed a bill with bipartisan support on Thursday to prevent noncitizens from voting in local Washington, DC, elections. This is a further push for election integrity by Republicans at a time when radicals in the Biden administration have facilitated the greatest illegal alien invasion this nation has ever seen. The latest government data shows ten million migrants have invaded the...
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Efforts to unionize college athletes will continue, advocates said Friday, even with the NCAA’s landmark agreement to allow players to be paid from a limited revenue-sharing pool. “With this settlement, the NCAA continues to do everything it can to avoid free market competition, which is most
Union leader: Multibillion-dollar NCAA antitrust settlement won't slow efforts to unionize players