I would rather be hogtied to the front of a moving train than go to Disney World, and now I have an even better reason:
Pressure from Disney World has influenced the Florida Senate to take a big step back in guaranteeing paid sick days for workers.
The Florida Senate voted Friday to prevent local communities their enacting their own wage and benefits laws until a statewide study can be conducted, The Orlando Sentinel reports.
The bill, which would at least delay efforts to guarantee all workers paid sick days was drafted with the support of Disney World and Darden Restaurants, the company behind Olive Garden and Red Lobster, as well as the Florida Chamber of Commerce.
“Today, Republicans in the Florida Senate stood up for corporations like Disney and Darden and against the interests of families who believe their own communities know what is best for them,” Stephanie Porta, an advocate for those seeking paid-sick days, said in a statement.
Family organization MomsRising.org is spearheading efforts to fight back. The group claims that this week, Disney World refused to accept a petition with 6,000 signatures demanding that the resort stop pushing legislation that stands in the way of earned sick time initiatives.
(h/t/ William White.)
I don’t go to Red Lobsters, but I have occasionally eaten at Olive Gardens but not for a few years, however. So, giving up these is no big whoop.
But, Disney? Wow. I thought they had decent sick leave, so they must not be that good? Or are they trying to use their benefits to keep workers tied to the plantation? I don’t believe they pay all that well, but I may be wrong.
When Walt set this place up in Florida the legislature granted him the right to form his own state within the state. Disney World is allowed to raise taxes, have its own police and fire departments, have its own hospital and so on. The Villages in Marion, Lake, and Sumter counties have the same legislative carve out. These rich, white, right wing, free marketeers run sovereign entities.
How are the officers and administrators of Disney World’s sovereign entities chosen, and by whom?
Isn’t this taxation without representation?
I would rather be hogtied to the front of a moving train than go to Disney World,
Amen.
But do not ever talk bad about Disneyland, wouldja?