Disney's 38,000 Florida Union Workers Seek Wage-Hike Talks
- Negotiations scheduled to begin in August, labor group says
- Parks division seen vital for company’s profit growth
Vehicles stop at the payment entrance to Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World theme park and resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, U.S., on Monday, Aug. 31, 2009. Walt Disney Co. said it agreed to buy Marvel Entertainment Inc. for about $4 billion in a stock and cash transaction, gaining comic book characters including Iron Man, Spider-Man and Captain America.
Photographer: Matt Stroshane/BloombergWalt Disney Co.’s 38,000 union workers in Florida are seeking to reopen wage talks so resort employees can negotiate pay raises from the current contract minimum of $10 an hour.
Negotiations are scheduled to begin Aug. 28, Ed Chambers, president of the workers’ Service Trades Council Union, said in a statement. A committee of employees must give its final blessing at a meeting on Wednesday.