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Cast members at Disneyland in California have sought to organize with the United States' primary stage actors union. Some 1,700 characters and parades workers are receiving unionization cards from ...
The carolers and choirs were a hit with guests. Hirt suggested to Disney that a candlelight procession and ceremony would play well in the park. Disney agreed, and the first Candlelight Procession took place in 1958. The choirs moved north from Main Street to the Hub and performed facing Hirt, who was conducting in the center of the massed ...
The credit union was formed in 1968 at the request of a group of Disneyland Park cast members, and when first chartered was called the DRC Federal Credit Union. DRC was an acronym for the Disneyland Recreational Club, which was a precursor to the Disneyland Resort's current Cast Activities department. The offices moved a number of times before ...
There are more than 21,000 Disneyland “cast member” employees, who are represented by more than a dozen unions. Those unionized jobs include everything from retail and food service workers to ...
The Casting Center is located across from the Disney Springs complex near the Team Disney building and borders the Walt Disney World property on Interstate 4 so it can be used to advertise Walt Disney World job opportunities to commuters traveling by on the busy interstate. Decorative landscaping and parking surround the two-story building.
Unionization at Disneyland may no longer be a fairytale, as a majority of approximately 1,700 parades and characters cast members have filed with the NLRB for union representation.
In 1983 at Disneyland, cast members wanted to give something back to the local Orange County, California area. This led to Disney forming the "Disneyland Community Action Team" (DCAT). DCAT became involved with the Special Olympics, the Orangewood Children's Home, and other local charities. The corporate-wide VoluntEARS program was created from ...
After three days of voting last week, 1,700 Disneyland Resort cast members who play characters around the theme park in Anaheim, California, as well as perform at parades, voted to unionize under ...