Disneyland Resort Reaches Agreement with Craft Maintenance Council

Company has successfully negotiated eight agreements

in the last two years on behalf of 11,100 workers

(April 28, 2010) Disneyland Resort and its Craft Maintenance Council are pleased to announce that they have reached a five-year collective bargaining agreement. The agreement was negotiated in just over a month and was ratified by an overwhelming margin. It marks the first time in more than two decades that Craft Maintenance Council members approved such an agreement on the first vote.

“This is a great example of labor and management working collaboratively and cooperatively for the good of our Cast to reach a fair and competitive agreement,” said Steve Eisenhardt, vice president, labor relations for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.

“It’s gratifying to be able to negotiate a contract that provides annual wage increases of 3 percent over the next five years, particularly in today’s challenging economic climate,” said Jim Adams, chief negotiator for the Craft Maintenance Council.  “The fact that our members approved the agreement on the first vote, demonstrates that they appreciate the hard work on both sides of the negotiating table to ensure an equitable agreement.”

The Craft Maintenance Council includes 13 separate unions that represent approximately 1,100 Cast Member at Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure parks. Represented signatory unions include:

·       Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Fitters Local 250

·       International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union Local 441

·       International Brotherhood of Teamsters Union Local 952

·       Ironworkers Local 433

·       Laborers Union 652

·       Machinists Union District Lodge 947

·       Operating Engineers Local 501

·       Plasterers Union Local 755

·       Plasterers Union Local 200

·       Plumbers Union Local 582

·       Sheet Metal Workers Local 102

·       Southern California Painters and Allied Trade District Council No. 36

·       Trade Show and Sign Craft

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In the past 24 months, Disneyland Resort has successfully negotiated eight agreements with unions representing approximately 11,100 Cast Members. The agreements include access to seven affordable and reliable health care plans offered through Disney’s Signature benefits package for full-time Cast Members.

The eight negotiated contracts are with Master Services for both Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure (which includes Teamsters, UFCW and SEIU), Independent Employees Service Association (IESA) International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), Hotel Stores, Workers United Local 50 (food and beverage workers in both parks), Teamsters, and the Craft Maintenance Council.

-- Posted April 28, 2010