Disney furloughs non-essential employees at U.S. theme parks - OCR/SCNG

[Darkbeer1]

Interesting to note, UNITE-HERE 11 has not yet come to an agreement.

Disneyland reaches furlough agreements with 10 unions

The agreement on a furlough beginning April 19 was reached with unions representing food and beverage workers, pyrotechnicians, sound mechanics, stage managers, stage technicians and other employee…

www.ocregister.com

>>Disneyland has reached agreements with 10 unions on a temporary furlough triggered by the continuing closure of the Anaheim theme park during the COVID-19 pandemic.


The agreement on a furlough beginning April 19 was reached with unions representing food and beverage workers, pyrotechnicians, sound mechanics, stage managers, stage technicians and other employees at the Disneyland resort.


“Disney has reached agreements with several unions for hourly cast members that will maintain members’ health insurance benefits coverage, educational support and additional employee assistance programs during a temporary furlough effective April 19,” Disney said in a statement. “These agreements provide an easier return to work when our community recovers from the impact of COVID-19. We are grateful to have worked together in good faith to help our cast members navigate these unprecedented times.”


Disney’s two Anaheim theme parks, three hotels and outdoor shopping mall remain closed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The furlough agreements were signed with Workers United Local 50, Master Services Council, Craft Maintenance Council, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees locals 706, 504 and 923, Laborers’ Local 652, Operating Engineers Local 501, Teamsters Local 495 and Independent Employee Service Association.<<

 

[TP2000]

Interesting to note, UNITE-HERE 11 has not yet come to an agreement.

What the heck are they thinking?!? If those Hotel CM's aren't furloughed they won't have access to $1,000 per week of unemployment money from the state and federal government. (Many CM's will be making more per week on unemployment than they did working full time at Disneyland.)

Not coming to an agreement when all the other unions already have is baffling. And seems downright mean to their dues paying union members. What on earth is their strategy with this one?!?

 

[cmwade77]

What the heck are they thinking?!? If those Hotel CM's aren't furloughed they won't have access to $1,000 per week of unemployment money from the state and federal government. (Many CM's will be making more per week on unemployment than they did working full time at Disneyland.)

Not coming to an agreement when all the other unions already have is baffling. And seems downright mean to their dues paying union members. What on earth is their strategy with this one?!?

My guess is there is something that hasn't been ironed out in the discussions, might be something as simple as does vacation continue to acrue while they are laid off and if so how do they count the number of hours worked towards the acrual? I haven't seen that mentioned anywhere, so I doubt it has been discussed. Or there might be a bigger sticking point.

 

[Darkbeer1]

My guess is there is something that hasn't been ironed out in the discussions, might be something as simple as does vacation continue to acrue while they are laid off and if so how do they count the number of hours worked towards the acrual? I haven't seen that mentioned anywhere, so I doubt it has been discussed. Or there might be a bigger sticking point.

But 11 Unions have come to an agreement. From the original post article...

>>“Negotiated as part of a furlough we were able to secure protections for signature benefits to be continued with no premium cost to the members,” according to the union’s Facebook page. “Pensions and full-time hours requirements will be protected with credited hours. The negotiated agreement has recall language to ensure that food and beverage operations will be with Local 50 members and will observe seniority.”<<

UNITE-HERE has a long history of prefering using politics and the court of public opinion to get what they want, instead of sitting down with the employer.

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[truecoat]

What the heck are they thinking?!? If those Hotel CM's aren't furloughed they won't have access to $1,000 per week of unemployment money from the state and federal government. (Many CM's will be making more per week on unemployment than they did working full time at Disneyland.)

Not coming to an agreement when all the other unions already have is baffling. And seems downright mean to their dues paying union members. What on earth is their strategy with this one?!?

What’s the average hourly for them?

 

[Darkbeer1]

What’s the average hourly for them?

Off the top of my head, around $19 on average. Not everyone works 40, so say $700 per week for non-tipped positions like maids, before taxes and union dues.

 

[cmwade77]

Off the top of my head, around $19 on average. Not everyone works 40, so say $700 per week for non-tipped positions like maids, before taxes and union dues.

This could also be why, it could've Disney doesn't want to come to an agreement with them so they can have cheaper labor afterwards.

 

[Darkbeer1]

This could also be why, it could've Disney doesn't want to come to an agreement with them so they can have cheaper labor afterward

Disney just signed a new multi-year agreement with UNITE-HERE 11 agreeing to the higher pay rates.

Disneyland Hotel Workers Reach Tentative Agreement on Historic Raises

Anaheim, California – After a year and a half of union negotiations, members of UNITE HERE Local 11 and Disneyland Hotels have reached a tentative contract agreement. The agreement includes historic raises for current Cast Members, a new starting wage of more than $15 per hour, and an agreement...

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Disney’s hospitality workers OK new contract, boosting wages to $15 and higher

Unite Here Local 11 in a statement said the contract was approved “by an overwhelming majority of its workers” over the weekend. Housekeepers’ pay immediately rises to $15.85 an h…

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>>Starting wages for most of those workers rises to $15 from $13.25 an hour Jan. 31; the contract also will deliver $1,000 employee bonuses the company announced in January following a federal cut in corporate taxes. Housekeepers’ pay immediately rises to $15.85 an hour.<<

Let me add, as I understand it, Disney has made the exact same offer to every union, and as we can see, they offered every union protections to them and their members.

 

[TP2000]

This could also be why, it could've Disney doesn't want to come to an agreement with them so they can have cheaper labor afterwards.

No. It's because it's Unite Here Local 11.

You can do a thread search on them just in this forum, they have been a nightmare union for over a decade now in Anaheim. All the other unions at Disneyland act rationally and professionally and come to a fair and workable agreement for their members.

But Unite Here Local 11 is incapable of behaving like adults. I really have no idea what their strategy here is. It's almost as if they think Disney is immune to the coronavirus and is bluffing.

 

[SevenSevens]

Anyone know anything about the turn around these days for Unemployment? Before the mass layoffs it took an average of 3 weeks to have your claim evaluated.

 

[Phroobar]

Anyone know anything about the turn around these days for Unemployment? Before the mass layoffs it took an average of 3 weeks to have your claim evaluated.

You might try Google.
This is a Disneyland board. Why would we know that?

 

[Darkbeer1]

Just to make this clear, Disney has stated that ALL CM's, union and non-union, will have their health coverage payments covered by the company.

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>>Fortunately, many hospitality-industry employers are, even as they endure enormous financial hits themselves, going the extra mile to help their front-line employees make it through these difficult times. For example, as a laid-off Unite Here Local 11 member told Collin Anderson of the Washington Free Beacon, the California hotel where he works has extended the health insurance coverage of its idled employees, including his own, through September.


But incredibly, the union honchos who head Local 11, which wields monopoly-bargaining power over more than 30,000 hotel workers in southern California and Arizona, are allegedly threatening unemployed members with the loss of their health insurance! Unless, that is, they continue forking over union dues, by scraping up whatever money they can find now that they are going without a paycheck.<<

 

[steventt]

Does anyone know what the status is for IUOE local 501? Also, does anyone have insight about 501 info: Wages and Company that is used an contractor? (ABM, JLL, Able, etc..)

 

[steventt]

Interesting to note, UNITE-HERE 11 has not yet come to an agreement.

Disneyland reaches furlough agreements with 10 unions

The agreement on a furlough beginning April 19 was reached with unions representing food and beverage workers, pyrotechnicians, sound mechanics, stage managers, stage technicians and other employee…

www.ocregister.com

>>Disneyland has reached agreements with 10 unions on a temporary furlough triggered by the continuing closure of the Anaheim theme park during the COVID-19 pandemic.


The agreement on a furlough beginning April 19 was reached with unions representing food and beverage workers, pyrotechnicians, sound mechanics, stage managers, stage technicians and other employees at the Disneyland resort.


“Disney has reached agreements with several unions for hourly cast members that will maintain members’ health insurance benefits coverage, educational support and additional employee assistance programs during a temporary furlough effective April 19,” Disney said in a statement. “These agreements provide an easier return to work when our community recovers from the impact of COVID-19. We are grateful to have worked together in good faith to help our cast members navigate these unprecedented times.”


Disney’s two Anaheim theme parks, three hotels and outdoor shopping mall remain closed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The furlough agreements were signed with Workers United Local 50, Master Services Council, Craft Maintenance Council, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees locals 706, 504 and 923, Laborers’ Local 652, Operating Engineers Local 501, Teamsters Local 495 and Independent Employee Service Association.<<

Does anyone know the status for local 501 at Disney? What is their current hourly wage for a operating engineer? Pros & Cons? I have an interview with them this next week...