Devastating news has been revealed in a memo from Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger. Since his infamous quarterly earning call earlier this year, anticipation has been building for Bob Iger’s firing spree. The Chief Executive Officer announced on that call that 7,000 employees would be terminated in the months to follow. Recent news has clarified that that spree will ...
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Meet Two Make-A-Wish Recipients Who Now Make Wishes Come True at Disney World
The Make-A-Wish Foundation has been granting the wishes of terminally and critically ill children for more than four decades. One of the most popular wishes? A trip to Walt Disney World! Disney is a passionate partner in the foundation, and earlier this week, Cast Members joined together to help raise money to grant wishes. More than 200 Cast Members came ...
Read More »Cast Members React to Pay Raise Ahead of Union Vote
Disney has been at odds with the Service Trades Council Union since October. Each group was locked in a fierce battle where neither was willing to give any ground. The Union wanted Disney to bump Cast Member pay to $20/hr. Disney felt its offer of $15/hr with a $1/hr annual raise was more than generous. It looked as if a ...
Read More »Disney Star Arrested on Strangulation & Assault Charges in NYC
A Disney star was arrested on Saturday in New York City on charges related to a domestic dispute with a woman. Police say Jonathan Majors, 33, was involved in an altercation with a 30-year-old woman who ultimately sustained minor injuries to her head and neck as a result of the dispute and was taken to a local hospital. She is ...
Read More »Fired Exec Threatens “Serious Legal Consequences” For Disney
Amid massive layoffs and restructuring, Disney is cleaning house. Heads have been rolling at the Walt Disney Company since November with the sudden (and not entirely unwelcome) firing of former CEO Bob Chapek. No one knows who will be next on the chopping block as Disney looks to trim the fat. Related: Heads Continue to Roll at Disney One recently ...
Read More »Disney Moves to Gender-Neutral Costumes, Uniforms in Parks Beginning April 1
Beginning April 1, Disney is implementing the use of gender-neutral costumes and uniforms for Cast Members beginning next month at one Disney Parks Resort, leaving open the possibility that the new “Disney Look” trend could be implemented at other parks as well. RELATED: Disney World Offers Guests a Brand-New (and Cheaper) Ticket Option The poet John Lydgate once said, “you ...
Read More »Disney World President Weighs in on Cast Members’ Win in Union Wage Battle
On Thursday evening, Disney World’s President weighed in on the news that Disney and the unions representing thousands of Cast Members who work at the Central Florida parks had finally come to an agreement about minimum wages and retroactive pay. RELATED: Here’s Hoping These “Useless” Disney Cast Members Are the First To Go Early on Thursday, union leaders and Disney ...
Read More »Limited Time Art Show Offers Theme Park Collector Pieces
A one-day-only event to feature art from prominent Disney creators will fundraise for an important cause this weekend. RELATED: VIDEO: The Lost Walt Disney Footage Rediscovered at Rare Auction “The Themed Park Entertainment Pop-Up Show” will include pieces from notable artists such as Andy Sklar of Walt Disney Imagineering and Universal Creative, as well as fine artist Gwendolyn Ballantyne. Sklar, a ...
Read More »Disney World Cast Members Win Big Following Stalled, Failed Negotiations
The union representing thousands of Disney World Cast Members announced a big win for full-time and part-time Cast Members at the Central Florida parks during a press conference on Thursday afternoon. Just after 5:00 p.m. local time, during an “abruptly scheduled” press conference on Thursday afternoon at the Wyndham Orlando Resort and Conference Center, following negotiations that took place between ...
Read More »“Important Announcement” Coming for Disney World Cast Members
Unions representing thousands of Disney World Cast Members say an important announcement will be made on Thursday afternoon at 5:00 p.m. local time. According to MyNews13, Unite Here Local 362, the union representing thousands of Cast Members who work at the Walt Disney World Resort, has teased an “abruptly scheduled” press conference at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday afternoon. Union representatives ...
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