Tag: Actors’ Equity Association
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Disneyland Character and Parade Performers Vote to Unionize
Cast members who are Disneyland character and parade performers and hosts, leads and trainers voted this week on whether or not to join the Actors’ Equity Association. The results were overwhelmingly in favor. Throughout the counting process, the vote for “yes” trended at around 75% to 85% of the vote. The final tally saw the…
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Union Vote Announced for Disneyland Resort Parades and Characters Cast Members
Cast members that come from parades and characters at the Disneyland Resort will be voting on unionization before the end of the month. The announcement came from the National Labor Relations Board. It said that the union election will be taking place on-site at Disneyland from May 15-18 for Disney Cast Members who perform in…
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Character Entertainers at Disneyland Resort Look to Unionize With Actors’ Equity
The people who bring to life many of the characters are looking to unionize. On Tuesday, an organization called “Magic United” announced the intent of Disneyland Resort entertainment cast member to unionize with Actors’ Equity Association. In a new website for the group, the cast members explained their reasoning behind the move. On the website…
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Walt Disney World Resort Releases Statement on Recent Entertainment Layoffs
This week has been a very difficult week for the Disney cast member family. Earlier this week, many Equity entertainers who appeared in shows throughout Walt Disney World Resort. According to the Actors’ Equity Association, around 720 actors were laid off. They previously appeared in shows like Festival of The Lion King, Finding Nemo: The…
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More Florida More Disney+ – DISNEY Reporter
Welcome to another weekly edition of DISNEY Reporter! Each week we share the top Disney and geek headlines from the previous week. This week, there is a lot of news surrounding Walt Disney World Resort and also Disney+. At Walt Disney World resort there are new pylons in front of Spaceship Earth at EPCOT that…
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Actors’ Equity Association Signs Deal With Walt Disney World Resort
Since the phased reopening of Walt Disney World Resort, there have been some entertainers that have been performing at the parks. However, any of the actors from the Actors’ Equity Association were not among them. The Actors’ Equity Association represents actors that perform in many of the stage shows or speaking/singing roles in streetmosphere shows…