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The union representing Disney World Cast Members says Disney wouldn’t budge when it came to Cast Members’ hourly pay–not “even one cent,” and to make matters worse, Disney has reportedly lowered retroactive pay for thousands of Cast Members.
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On Wednesday, negotiations between Disney and the Services Trades Council Union (STCU), which represents thousands of Disney World Cast Members, resumed following the union’s rejection of Disney’s proposed contract in early February. The negotiations are part of a process several months in the making, following the expiration of Disney’s contract with its union-represented Cast Members in October 2022.
On Wednesday evening, however, negotiations seemed to have taken yet another negative turn for Cast Members, as the STCU released a statement on social media, giving the union’s take on Disney’s refusal to budge when it comes to hourly wages for its theme park and resort employees in Central Florida.
“Today, the six unions of the Service Trades Council [STCU] met with Disney for the first time since 13,650 Cast Members voted to reject Disney’s contract proposal on February 2 and 3.
Despite the overwhelming message sent by Cast Members, Disney refused to add even one cent to its wage proposal.
Moreover, Disney’s proposal today reduced retroactive pay for thousands of workers, making today’s proposal even worse than the offer already rejected.”
Statement from STCU about Disney negotiations:#DisneyWorkersNeedARaise #DisneyDoBetter pic.twitter.com/1E53G2j3vV
— UNITE HERE Local 737 (@UniteHere737) February 16, 2023
In its statement, the STCU also alleges that Disney’s newest proposal also reduces retroactive pay that would have come to thousands of Cast Members in Central Florida–a move that the STCU says makes Disney’s most recent proposal “even worse than the offer already rejected.”
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As this continues to be a developing story, DisneyDining will continue to publish updates as they become available.
