USA: Restaurant workers employed by Patina Group at Disney theme park & entertainment district call on Disney to investigate contractor for allegedly violating code of conduct
“Workers demand Disney investigate contractor for allegedly violating Disney code of conduct”
Restaurant workers employed by Patina Group at Disney Springs are calling on the Walt Disney Co. to investigate their employer for what they believe to be potential violations of Disney’s supply chain code of conduct.
The Patina Group, a subsidiary of the multinational company Delaware North, is a subcontractor for Disney that operates several restaurants on the Disney Springs property in Lake Buena Vista and at EPCOT.
Workers at several Patina-operated restaurants at Disney Springs believe that Patina has violated these rights during their efforts to organize a union with UNITE HERE Local 737…
Patina Group workers at Disney Springs delivered a letter to Disney’s labor relations office Wednesday afternoon…
…UNITE HERE filed two complaints with the National Labor Relations Board (a federal government agency), alleging that Patina management coerced, intimidated and prevented workers at Disney Springs from talking about unionization on the job, in violation of the National Labor Relations Act…
A regional director for the federal labor board this spring issued a complaint finding merit in eight allegations from those charges…
The 23-year-old migrant was born in Arizona, but grew up in Mexico…
The Walt Disney Co. did not respond to an emailed request for comment….