I like to say the real icing on that Disney Anniversary pastry is the fact that California Courts have said Team Disney Burbank needs to give the Cast Members raises:
California’s 4th District Court of Appeal ruled that Disneyland Resort has illegally evaded a Minimum Wage Law, which means Cast Members could see a wage increase to nearly $20 an hour.
Measure L was approved by voters in 2018 and it required Businesses that receive subsidies from the City of Anaheim to raise their minimum wage to at least $15/hour in 2019, then by one dollar each year, and up to $18 in 2022. Cast Members sued Team Disney Burbank in 2019, claiming that the Walt Disney Co was subject to Measure L, but hadn’t complied with it. The question was whether or not the Walt Disney Co had received subsidies that Measure L covered.
In August 2018, Disney canceled Tax Incentive Agreements with Anaheim which would’ve used Hotel Taxes to help pay for a Luxury Hotel at the Resort. The project was canceled due to disputes with the City of Anaheim - yet Disney continued to benefit from a prior 1996 agreement that used Hotel Taxes to pay for an expansion - but in 2021? Judge William D. Claster ruled those 1996 agreements no longer qualify as a subsidy (Tax Rebate) as defined by Measure L.
Judge Claster wrote in a tentative ruling, “Whether the city of Anaheim ‘subsidized’ the Disney Defendants in a colloquial sense is not an issue.”
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