IN A LANDSLIDE VICTORY 1,700 DISNEYLAND RESORT CAST MEMBERS WHO PERFORM AS CHARACTERS AND DANCE IN PARADES VOTE TO UNIONIZE WITH ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION
SUMMARY: Disneyland performers have unionized, joining the Actors Equity Association. This will give workers that play characters at resorts and participate in parades a voice and security in negotiating wages, fighting for representation, and safe work condition as well as resolving other conflicts. Actors Equity is a 51.000 member organization representing actors and stage managers. An overwhelming majority voted on Saturday to determined that 1,700 workers at the Anaheim, CA theme park site who play characters such as Mickey and Minnie Mouse and who dance at parades could join the union. The vote was overseen by the National Labor Relations Board, yielding a 79 percent majority with 953 yes votes and 258 no votes The decision follows the Writers Guild of American and SAG members went on strike to demand more support ============================================= Anaheim, Calif. – On Saturday evening, May 18, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that the Disney
