It should really say LESS...
At negotiations today, Disney presented the same offer we rejected on October 14, 2010, minus the $100 ratification bonus. The Service Trades Council has taken a position of rejecting the offer (a majorty of the Unions voted to reject the offer, 4-2).
The current extension of the agreement ends November 8, 2010.
Local 362 is holding a General Membership Meeting tomorrow, Thursday, October 28, 2010 at 9am and 6pm at the Local 362 Union Hall to decide our next steps. All members are encouraged to attend.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Negotiations resume
Disney negotiations are scheduled to resume on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at 10am. The bargaining session is being held in the DC-2 building in the Town Hall Conference Room. The DC-2 building is located at 1800 Live Oak Lane. All members are welcome to attend.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Actions speak louder than words
This group of workers went to the Disney Executive Offices on October 22, 2010 to ask for fair wage increases and affordable health care. Si, se puede!
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Victory!
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/the-daily-disney/os-disney-union-vote-1015-20101014,0,7122659.story
Disney World unions vote against proposed new contract; current deal set to expire Saturday
"The contract was rejected," said Harris Raynor, president of Walt Disney World's Service Trades Council, late Thursday.
Unionized workers at Walt Disney World voted against a proposed labor contract Thursday, despite the largest of the resort's unions coming out in support of the contract before the vote.
"The contract was rejected," Harris Raynor, president of Walt Disney World's Service Trades Council, said late Thursday.
The current contract will continue through Saturday at midnight, a Disney spokeswoman said.
The largest labor group at Walt Disney World, the Service Trades Council, represents approximately 20,000 full-time workers at the resort. The council is made up of six unions that negotiate together.
It was unclear late Thursday whether the exact voting tallies would be released by all the unions.
In a statement, Disney repeated its claim that the proposed contract included competitive wage increases for workers.
"During any labor negotiations, it's important for those involved to bring reasonable and realistic expectations to the table," said Steve Eisenhardt, vice president of labor relations for Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, in a statement. "We continue to stand by our offer of competitive wage increases and affordable health care."
Eric Clinton, president of Unite Here! Local 362 and a vocal critic of the contract, said about 86 percent of his union's voting members were opposed to the contract.
"I'm incredibly happy that our members got to speak and sent the message to Disney that we can do better," he said.
The proposed contract would have guaranteed a one-time $550 bonus plus three 3 percent raises during the course of the 42-month contract for full-time workers not already at the top of their pay scale.
However, some union members were unhappy that workers in select job categories would receive bigger bumps — between 3.25 percent and 4 percent a year.
While Disney said the higher raises should go to the workers in more specialized professions, critics said the proposal was unfair because those with less-specialized job classifications already earn less money.
Asked what the Service Trades Council's next move would be, Raynor said member unions would look to the next round of negotiations.
"The affiliates of the council will be meeting and deciding how to respond," he said.
Raynor is also an elected representative of Workers United, SEIU Local 737, the largest of the Service Trades Council unions and one of the two that endorsed the contract. Workers United had been joined in its support with the smallest of the six unions, the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees Local 631.
Three of the other unions, Unite Here! Local 362, Teamsters Local 385 and United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1625, had announced opposition to the contract's ratification. The sixth, the Transportation Communications International Union Local 1908 remained neutral as the vote approached.
Ed Chambers, president of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1625, said Thursday night he was happy with the result of the vote, but bothered by what he saw as interference from Disney management leading up to it.
Before the Thursday vote, union opponents of the contract distributed fliers urging workers to vote no, under the slogan "Send Disney a message: We're worth more."
Meanwhile, Disney countered with posters featuring the message: "A vote to ratify = more money" — a reminder that Disney was offering each full-time worker a $100 bonus if the contract was approved on the first vote.
Chambers said he considered the posters an unwelcome and unusual intrusion into a purely union vote. He said his union voted 690 to 48 against the contract.
Reached late Thursday, Disney spokeswoman Andrea Finger said it was "still too early" to say what the theme park giant's next move would be in negotiations.
However, Clinton said the union members "have spoken."
"Disney now needs to listen," he said. "They need to come back to the bargaining table with something better."
Jason Garcia of the Sentinel staff contributed to this report. Jeff Weiner can be reached at 407-420-5171 or jeweiner@orlandosentinel.com.
Disney World unions vote against proposed new contract; current deal set to expire Saturday
"The contract was rejected," said Harris Raynor, president of Walt Disney World's Service Trades Council, late Thursday.
Unionized workers at Walt Disney World voted against a proposed labor contract Thursday, despite the largest of the resort's unions coming out in support of the contract before the vote.
"The contract was rejected," Harris Raynor, president of Walt Disney World's Service Trades Council, said late Thursday.
The current contract will continue through Saturday at midnight, a Disney spokeswoman said.
The largest labor group at Walt Disney World, the Service Trades Council, represents approximately 20,000 full-time workers at the resort. The council is made up of six unions that negotiate together.
It was unclear late Thursday whether the exact voting tallies would be released by all the unions.
In a statement, Disney repeated its claim that the proposed contract included competitive wage increases for workers.
"During any labor negotiations, it's important for those involved to bring reasonable and realistic expectations to the table," said Steve Eisenhardt, vice president of labor relations for Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, in a statement. "We continue to stand by our offer of competitive wage increases and affordable health care."
Eric Clinton, president of Unite Here! Local 362 and a vocal critic of the contract, said about 86 percent of his union's voting members were opposed to the contract.
"I'm incredibly happy that our members got to speak and sent the message to Disney that we can do better," he said.
The proposed contract would have guaranteed a one-time $550 bonus plus three 3 percent raises during the course of the 42-month contract for full-time workers not already at the top of their pay scale.
However, some union members were unhappy that workers in select job categories would receive bigger bumps — between 3.25 percent and 4 percent a year.
While Disney said the higher raises should go to the workers in more specialized professions, critics said the proposal was unfair because those with less-specialized job classifications already earn less money.
Asked what the Service Trades Council's next move would be, Raynor said member unions would look to the next round of negotiations.
"The affiliates of the council will be meeting and deciding how to respond," he said.
Raynor is also an elected representative of Workers United, SEIU Local 737, the largest of the Service Trades Council unions and one of the two that endorsed the contract. Workers United had been joined in its support with the smallest of the six unions, the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees Local 631.
Three of the other unions, Unite Here! Local 362, Teamsters Local 385 and United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1625, had announced opposition to the contract's ratification. The sixth, the Transportation Communications International Union Local 1908 remained neutral as the vote approached.
Ed Chambers, president of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1625, said Thursday night he was happy with the result of the vote, but bothered by what he saw as interference from Disney management leading up to it.
Before the Thursday vote, union opponents of the contract distributed fliers urging workers to vote no, under the slogan "Send Disney a message: We're worth more."
Meanwhile, Disney countered with posters featuring the message: "A vote to ratify = more money" — a reminder that Disney was offering each full-time worker a $100 bonus if the contract was approved on the first vote.
Chambers said he considered the posters an unwelcome and unusual intrusion into a purely union vote. He said his union voted 690 to 48 against the contract.
Reached late Thursday, Disney spokeswoman Andrea Finger said it was "still too early" to say what the theme park giant's next move would be in negotiations.
However, Clinton said the union members "have spoken."
"Disney now needs to listen," he said. "They need to come back to the bargaining table with something better."
Jason Garcia of the Sentinel staff contributed to this report. Jeff Weiner can be reached at 407-420-5171 or jeweiner@orlandosentinel.com.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
VOTE NO!
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Contemporary Resort
7am - 7pm
Contemporary Resort
7am - 7pm
Disney is paying you to go during work and providing transportation. If you are off, you can get 2 hours of report pay to vote. Ask your manager when you can go vote NO.
VOTE NO!
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
48 hours
until we know the results!
The UFCW, Teamsters and UNITE HERE! having been doing excellent work. Thousands of members have been contacted and our NO vote is strong. There is still plenty of work to do by talking with our co-workers, but we have plenty of time to do it.
Contract Vote
Thursday, October, 14, 2010
7am - 7pm
Unions voting at Contemporary: Local 362, Local 737, UFCW, TCU
Union voting at Studios: IATSE
Union voting at TTC: Teamsters
VOTE NO!
Yes, we can!
The UFCW, Teamsters and UNITE HERE! having been doing excellent work. Thousands of members have been contacted and our NO vote is strong. There is still plenty of work to do by talking with our co-workers, but we have plenty of time to do it.
Contract Vote
Thursday, October, 14, 2010
7am - 7pm
Unions voting at Contemporary: Local 362, Local 737, UFCW, TCU
Union voting at Studios: IATSE
Union voting at TTC: Teamsters
VOTE NO!
Yes, we can!
Sunday, October 10, 2010
In the mail...
This came in the mail...
October 7, 2010
Sisters and Brothers,
Since the middle of June, the Local 362 Bargaining Committee has been meeting with Disney management to discuss your wages and working conditions. While at times the bargaining was incredibly difficult, this round of negotiations has produced many improvements for you and your co-workers. At the same time our Committee won these improvements, we also stopped the Company from taking anything away.
These improvements and defense of our current agreement came through one thing: Member participation. This started with thousands of members collecting surveys to decide the Bargaining Committee’s demands back in the spring of this year. It then continued with nearly one hundred workers delegating upper management around our contract demands and hundreds of workers putting scheduling concerns in writing. During Bargaining, over three hundred workers have attended to show support of the Union.
Then we started to talk money. Unfortunately, the final economic offer is not one that I can recommend to you. I believe that your hard work has kept Disney profitable and will continue to make this company a success. With that, I believe they should pay a fair wage and offer affordable health care. Their current offer has an overwhelming majority of our members making less money at the end of the proposed contract than they do today.
I believe that we can accomplish more on wages and health care, but only with your involvement. We will be voting on the current offer from the Company on Thursday, October 14, 2010 from 7am-7pm at the Contemporary Resort. It is critical that every member VOTE NO on the current offer and send the Company negotiators back to the bargaining table.
In Solidarity,
Eric Clinton
President
October 7, 2010
Sisters and Brothers,
Since the middle of June, the Local 362 Bargaining Committee has been meeting with Disney management to discuss your wages and working conditions. While at times the bargaining was incredibly difficult, this round of negotiations has produced many improvements for you and your co-workers. At the same time our Committee won these improvements, we also stopped the Company from taking anything away.
These improvements and defense of our current agreement came through one thing: Member participation. This started with thousands of members collecting surveys to decide the Bargaining Committee’s demands back in the spring of this year. It then continued with nearly one hundred workers delegating upper management around our contract demands and hundreds of workers putting scheduling concerns in writing. During Bargaining, over three hundred workers have attended to show support of the Union.
Then we started to talk money. Unfortunately, the final economic offer is not one that I can recommend to you. I believe that your hard work has kept Disney profitable and will continue to make this company a success. With that, I believe they should pay a fair wage and offer affordable health care. Their current offer has an overwhelming majority of our members making less money at the end of the proposed contract than they do today.
I believe that we can accomplish more on wages and health care, but only with your involvement. We will be voting on the current offer from the Company on Thursday, October 14, 2010 from 7am-7pm at the Contemporary Resort. It is critical that every member VOTE NO on the current offer and send the Company negotiators back to the bargaining table.
In Solidarity,
Eric Clinton
President
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