Worker apathy is something union leaders and Disney executives bemoan. Although 10,000 service workers pay union dues, only about 3,500 of them voted on the past two contract offers. Union leaders hope to increase turnout for the Dec. 10 vote. Disney officials, too, hope for a better showing. Other labor experts chastised the union for not doing more to help the workers.
Some workers say they increase their income by volunteering for lots of overtime.
They say Disney has so many openings there are lists of available overtime shifts. She said she's earning good money but paying a price for it in lost time with her family and bouts of burn- out. Telling those kinds of stories to potential visitors could tarnish Disney's family-friendly reputation. With some kind of PR campaign, they might. The unions also could organize a Disney boycott among the 16 million Americans who belong to labor unions, Tarpinian said.