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Attractions Negotiations

Side letter negotiations are set for this coming week. The schedule is:

Wednesday, July 28
Thursday, July 29
Friday, July 30

Each session is scheduled to start at 10am and run through 6pm. The bargaining will be held at the SunTrust building across from Downtown Disney on the second floor.

For more information, contact your Shop Steward or Union Representative.

Membership Meeting

General Membership Meeting

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

9am and 6pm

Reports on negotiations!

At Local 362 UNION HALL
1255 La Quinta Drive, Suite 212
Orlando, FL 32809

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Custodial Leaders

The Disney Custodial Committee - July 14, 2010

Unacceptable.

Disney can do better than this:

"5. Amusement park attendants
Florida and California, lands of amusement wonder, top the list of the most people employed in this profession, with 30,410 and 40,640 workers respectively.
In California, workers in this category make $9.57 an hour; but in Florida, land of Disney World, the wage is $8.90 an hour. Alas, Mickey Mouse isn’t spreading the joy to workers’ pockets. Wages there for these jobs are below the national mean hourly wage of $9.35 an hour.
These employees, who typically get on-the-job training and are expected to have good customer service skills, do everything from collecting tickets when you wait in line to ride the latest roller coaster to removing unruly patrons who have had too much cotton candy."

That piece was from the article "The 8 lowest-paying jobs in the Country" by Eve Tahmincioglu on msnbc.com

Here is the link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38168029/ns/business-careers/

We're worth more...

This week in Custodial negotiations, over 125 workers attended to show Disney that the workers are the Union. Progress was made on improving language around driver’s licenses, accident standards, transfer procedures and worker representation rights. The bargaining Committee was able to hold onto third shift line bids and will continue to seek the same scheduling method for day shift Custodial. The Company is looking for stricter standards for employees without compensation - a longer probationary period for Custodial and Release of Shifts (ROS) to count towards the attendance matrix. At the end of the session, both parties have significant issues they are holding on to and no tentative agreement was reached. Local 362 expects that a follow-up session will be scheduled in August for Custodial, Vacation Planning and Tickets.

The next round of negotiations for Local 362 is Attractions. These bargaining sessions are scheduled for:

Wednesday, July 28
Thursday, July 29
Friday, July 30

Each session is scheduled to start at 10am and run through 6pm at the SunTrust building, second floor. ALL MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND!

This week at the bargaining table

This week, Local 362 and Disney management sat down at the bargaining table to discuss issues related to Vacation Planning, Ticket Sales and Auto Plaza. In each bargaining session, the Union made proposals to increase wages, improve scheduling, protect Coordinators, enhance safety, simplify work rules and decrease discipline associated with the work. The Company made similar proposals around work rules with some exceptions, but did make unfaithful proposals including eliminating the pension plan for new workers, adding release of shifts to the attendance matrix, random drug testing, and stricter guidelines for workers who drive Company vehicles. The Union stated it has no interest in each of these proposals.

Both Vacation Planning and Ticket Sales negotiations were suspended without a tentative agreement despite the progress made during these discussions. The Bargaining Committee for the Union is hopeful a fair settlement can be reached with these groups when they reconvene. Dates for Vacation Planning and Ticket Sales will be scheduled in the near future. A unanimously recommended tentative agreement was reached with the Auto Plaza workers. This agreement includes separating cash handling and operating guideline errors from the regular discipline matrix along with establishing clear and fair processes for the handling of money and parking tickets.

Custodial Negotiations are the next set of negotiations scheduled for:

Monday, July 12
Tuesday, July 13
Wednesday, July 14

Each session is scheduled from 10am to 6pm at the DC-2 building in the Town Hall Conference Room located at 1800 Live Oak Lane. ALL MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND!