By Day, a Sunny Smile for Disney Visitors. By Night, an Uneasy Sleep in a Car.
- 6 years ago
By Day, a Sunny Smile for Disney Visitors. By Night, an Uneasy Sleep in a Car.
The survey and analysis were conducted by Occidental College and the Economic Roundtable, a group
that has long supported raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, and was paid for by a coalition of labor unions who represent many of the low-wage workers at the park
The survey was sent to about 17,000 workers in the park who are represented by labor unions
and was completed by about 30 percent of them, including both full-time and part-time employees.
I wanted to be a part of that.”
According to a survey of thousands of low-wage employees at the park, nearly three-quarters of workers who responded said they do not earn enough money to pay for their basic monthly expenses,
and one in 10 said they had been homeless in the past two years.
“We have created more than 4,000 jobs over the last five years — more than any other business in Orange County.”
When she first began working, Ms. Bertola slept for months on a relative’s couch, more than an hour away from the park.
About 85 percent of the 17,000 Disneyland employees who are part of a union make less than $15 an hour, according to union rolls.
The survey and analysis were conducted by Occidental College and the Economic Roundtable, a group
that has long supported raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, and was paid for by a coalition of labor unions who represent many of the low-wage workers at the park
The survey was sent to about 17,000 workers in the park who are represented by labor unions
and was completed by about 30 percent of them, including both full-time and part-time employees.
I wanted to be a part of that.”
According to a survey of thousands of low-wage employees at the park, nearly three-quarters of workers who responded said they do not earn enough money to pay for their basic monthly expenses,
and one in 10 said they had been homeless in the past two years.
“We have created more than 4,000 jobs over the last five years — more than any other business in Orange County.”
When she first began working, Ms. Bertola slept for months on a relative’s couch, more than an hour away from the park.
About 85 percent of the 17,000 Disneyland employees who are part of a union make less than $15 an hour, according to union rolls.