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Walt Disney’s Magic Kingdom of Exploitation

Jeremy Gantz

Some workers at Walt Disney World in Florida, members of the Services Trade Council union, are currently negotiating for a new contract that includes a living wage. In this new video (parts 1 and 2 below), workers detail the way they live now — including reliance on church handouts and state assistance, in some cases.

“If you don’t give back, eventually you deplete your source,” says one worker in the video. ​“Disney’s source is its people.”

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Jeremy Gantz is an In These Times contributing editor working at Time magazine.

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