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Disneyland employees who perform as various Disney characters at the theme park are seeking to join the Actor’s Equity Association, which represents everything from actors on Broadway to strippers in Los Angeles. The union is seeking to represent the 1,700 Disneyland employees in the characters and parades departments at the park. It said after three days of collecting cards signed by employees, it already has more than the 30% support needed to file for a representation vote with the National Labor Relations Board, which oversees such elections. But it said it is waiting until it has the support of at least 60% before filing for such a vote or seeking voluntary recognition of the union by Disney. Performers doing the same work at Disney World in Orlando, Florida, are already in a union and have been for years. And until recently the Disney World performers were paid more than their Disneyland counterparts, according to the union. The union contract reached between a coalition of unions and management at Disney World last year pays the performers a minimum hourly wage that ranges from $21.30 to $23.00, according to the union. The Disneyland performers had been getting $20 an hour until the union organizing drive began late last year. The minimum pay went up to $24.15 an hour at the end of last year, according to the union. But the cost of living is significantly greater in Orange County, California, where Disneyland is located, than in Orlando. According to data from the Council for Community and Economic Research, the cost of living is 50% greater in Orange County, California. Housing costs, which are more than twice as expensive, are the primary reason, but prices are higher across multiple categories. There are more than 21,000 Disneyland employees, who are referred to as cast members by the company, who are represented by more than a dozen unions. Those unionized jobs include everything from retail and food service workers to security guards, hair and make-up artists and pyrotechnic workers. But not the performers who dress up as characters such as Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy and interact with visitors.

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Merida at the Princess Processional! (Video source.)

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Beautiful french actress Emmanuelle Béart unknowingly looking like a Belle face character.

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My theory is that max mother is Jessica rabbit and the reason why max don't remember her is because she left goofy, and took another job to help her and her son but became addicted to it and got married to Roger rabbit and never mentioned her son max but mentioned goofy , it Roger at the end of who framed please leave comments

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Adele Dazeem 🤭

Okay, okay! Jokes aside, congratulations to the incredible IDINA MENZEL, who gave our beloved Elsa her beautiful, powerful voice.

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The video of a Gaston character actor getting mad at a woman who inappropriately touched his chest is circulating again (mainly on twitter), and some people seem to think he was in the wrong for being mad about an adult guest getting handsy with him, so I just thought I'd add my two cents by saying this:

I've met Peter Pan and Wendy at Disneyland Paris three times (2017, 2018, 2019), all as an adult, and on two of those occasions (2017 and 2019) I hugged either one or both of them. I found this from the original post I made about meeting them in 2017:

(There was a paragraph between these two sections but... anyway...)

On both occasions where I hugged one or both characters, it was because the actor(s) asked me "would you like a hug?". I'm super shy and awkward so the idea of just going up to a stranger - including a character - and just hugging them is bizarre to me; if they hadn't offered, I wouldn't have hugged them. In fact, that's why there was no hug the second time I met them, because it was NOT offered by the actors, and I still had a good time whilst also respecting the actors' boundaries.

Long story short, it's so easy to not be inappropriate with Disney character actors when you're an adult - a small toddler hugging a character without permission is one thing, doing it when you're an adult is really not okay. Just because they're in character it doesn't mean you can touch them wherever you like or assault them, and they're fully within their rights to decide what those boundaries are at all times, especially when meeting adult guests.

Anyway, on a slightly more positive note, here's the pics of me looking gross while meeting Peter and Wendy since the remake comes out next month:

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Scamp's Got a BRAND NEW Model Sheet!

Yes I know I said I wanted to post here more frequently but I've been busy over the past month and have neglected to keep up to date with most of my socials, tumblr included!

Anyways, SCAMP'S GOT A NEW MODEL SHEET! And has had one for over two weeks now (yes Im tardy shaddup). The only reason I decided to make a new one for him was to have one that was on the level of the recent model sheets I've been making for almost a year now. Out of all the characters in my series, at least that I have drawn up till now, Scamp's the one I've had the least amount of trouble with. Compared to the other's, his design is very simple and has remained unchanged since I settled on it 5 years ago, with some slight modifications over the years. That and the fact that I've drawn him more than any of the other character speaks to this, especially at a time where I could only draw small chibified characters with short muzzles. I've drawn him so much that its almost become second nature to me, and there hasn't been any point in time where I struggled to draw him, with one or two exceptions. I think only time I needed a new model sheet for him was in 2021 so I could have a representation on how I could draw his body shape. Outside of that, I've needed to reference back his model sheet very little, compared to other characters.

Also before I forget, you may have noticed that for Sarah's and Scamp's new model sheets, Ive been doing a profile and a back shot instead of only doing either one for the full body. I guess this displays my growth as an artist and in my ability to draw a front 3/4 view, a profile view, and a back view all in full body. Im planning on doing the same for the other new model sheets I made for Ken, Vicky, and Delilah. Although I dont think I'll do the same for sheets with non main characters, and ones that wont appear in more than one chapter.

Below I'll include the previous model sheets for Scamp. One from 2021, and his original from 2019 (that I digitally inked and colored in 2020, along with adding the side profile shot in post) which hasn't aged a day despite being 4 years old!

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"Good night, my handsome prince.

Sleep well, princess.”🧞‍♂️

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Is this..okay?

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After months of fighting for a fair contract, thousands of union Disney World employees in Orlando approved a new union contract with Walt Disney World on Wednesday [March 29, 2023] that delivers wage increases for all of the theme park’s union workers and paid child bonding leave.

Out of 12,650 workers across Disney World who participated in the single-day vote (not an easy feat to arrange), 97% voted in favor of the contract.

A group of around 200 Disney World workers — or "cast members," as they're referred to by the company — at the Wyndham Orlando Resort and Conference Center in Kissimmee Wednesday night celebrated the vote.

"When we fight, we win!" the group chanted, to applause and cheers from a room emanating with high energy after a high-stakes fight.

The new contract was negotiated by the Service Trades Council Union, a coalition of six labor unions that altogether represent about 42,000 Walt Disney World employees across the parks, ranging from workers in attractions to housekeeping, transit workers, food service workers, character performers and more.

The agreement raises Disney World’s minimum wage to $18 per hour, up from $15, by the end of the year.

Non-tipped workers in job classifications that currently earn Disney World’s minimum $15 hourly rate — such as union dishwashers, as well as some of Disney’s costuming specialists, custodial workers and laundry workers — will see a raise to $17 per hour minimum, immediately upon ratification of the contract.

They’ll also receive retroactive pay equal to $1 per hour extra (a $16 hourly rate) dating back to Oct. 1, 2022, when the unions' last contract expired.

Across the board, Disney World cast members this year will see a $3 per hour raise minimum in 2023, with some job classifications seeing more. Over the life of the contract, effective through October 2026, workers will see a wage increase of between $5.50 to $8.40, with that range varying by position.

That means, by the end of the contract, Disney World will have a minimum wage that's more than double what it was a decade ago, when the minimum hourly rate for cast members was less than $10.

"It's a historic amount of money," Nicolle Mischer, a cook at EPCOT Festival Kitchens and Unite Here Local 737 union member, told Orlando Weekly of the new raise. "It's been a long hard fight, but it's so rewarding to know at the end, that we continued the fight and we continued to push the company to do the right thing as far as, you know, making sure their cast members are taken care of," she said.

Personally, as a mother who will see her pay rise $4.10 upon the contract's ratification, Mischer's looking forward to not having to work as much overtime. She has sometimes worked upward of 60 hours per week just to pay the bills.

She's looking forward to having more time to spend with her musically inclined 15-year-old, who's in marching band, symphonic band and jazz band — and to have the time to perhaps volunteer to go on their trips as they travel to play.

The raise offered in the new contract, Mischer said, will give her a chance to breathe, "not having that heavy weight of working all those extra hours."

Another new addition to the contract — not offered in prior contracts — is eight weeks of paid child bonding leave (family leave) for full-time workers, employed for at least one year, who either give birth to a child, become a parent, or adopt or foster a new child under the age of 18.

This was something Sean Hopper, an employee at Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge in Disney's Hollywood Studios and a Unite Here Local 362 shop steward, previously told Orlando Weekly was especially important to him...

Tiara Moton, a cook of 15 years, said that as the mother of a 3-year-old, that paid child bonding time is an amazing achievement for the unions, joking that for her, the pandemic was her "child bonding time."

"We deserve this. We worked hard for it," she said.

Pictured: Tiara Moton (middle) surrounded by Disney World workers in union shirts in Central Florida on March 29, 2023.

When we organize, we win

This vote of approval on this new contract, considered a victory by union leaders, comes nearly two months after thousands of workers stood together and rejected a worse offer from Disney that would have offered just a $1 raise in the first year of the contract for many, albeit with a similar $5 increase over the life of the contract.

Although some union workers, such as culinary staff, would have seen a higher raise under that agreement, workers almost unanimously rejected it in solidarity with those who wouldn’t.

Out of 14,263 workers who voted on that last agreement, 13,650 — or 96% — shot it down.

A couple weeks after, Disney came back with a worse offer that would have offered a higher raise upfront — a $17 minimum hourly rate for those making $15 — but would have decreased the amount of retroactive pay workers would have received, earning backlash from union leaders.

The new agreement, approved by workers Wednesday, restores that back pay.

Union organizers and other union leaders in the parks have been organizing behind the scenes of the Most Magical Place on Earth to negotiate a new contract for union workers since August, ahead of their last contract’s expiration on Oct. 1...

With their new deal, Disney's cast members in Orlando hope they'll be able to spur change across the tourism and hospitality sector, which makes up roughly one-fifth of the Central Florida region's workforce.

Universal Orlando (which is non-unionized) recently announced a $17 minimum wage for its own workforce this year, and some smaller companies have also moved to offer workers something closer to a living wage.

Food service workers at the Orange County Convention Center, represented by Unite Here Local 737, also won their own historic contract earlier this year, winning an $18 minimum wage this year, up from $13.

When the STCU won a $15 minimum wage at Disney during the last contract cycle, back in 2018, that prompted other employers (including Universal) to follow suit, eventually, with their own raises.

Mischer, the cook at EPCOT, said this agreement opens the door not just in Central Florida, but across the state, and potentially across the country,  with Disney widely considered an industry leader. "I believe that other companies will see and take the lead that Disney has, you know — the steps that Disney has taken to make sure their cast members have taken care of."

"When we come together, when we unionize and organize, this is what we can do," said Henry, speaking to his fellow workers. "We are changing the future of the Central Florida. The state of Florida right now. Tonight. Don't ever forget what you've done tonight."

-via Orlando Weekly, 3/29/23

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