Abigail Disney visited Disneyland undercover. She is 'livid' about what she saw

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Source: CNN Business

Abigail Disney visited Disneyland undercover. She is 'livid' about what she saw

By Shannon Liao, CNN Business
Updated 1940 GMT (0340 HKT) July 16, 2019

New York (CNN) — Disneyland calls itself "The Happiest Place on Earth," but family heiress Abigail Disney said she found workers struggling when she recently visited the park undercover.

In an interview with Yahoo this week, Abigail Disney said she decided to check out Disneyland's worker conditions after a worker sent her a Facebook message. She said every employee delivered a similar message to her: "I don't know how I can maintain this face of joy and warmth when I have to go home and forage for food in other people's garbage."

After the visit, she said she was "so livid" that the company didn't respect its workers enough.

The Disney heiress, who is also a filmmaker and activist, said Disney CEO Bob Iger needs to fix the huge wage gap between his pay and that of an average worker at the company.

"Bob needs to understand that he is an employee just the same as the people scrubbing gum off the sidewalk are employees, and they're entitled to the same dignity and human rights that he is," Abigail Disney said.

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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/16/media/abigail-disney-disneyland-undercover/index.html

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1. Oh I'm liking her, so different from her nazi grandfather or grand uncle, however she's related.

[TheRealNorth]

2. Some apples roll away from the tree

I hope she can make a positive change. But given Disney is a corporation, it will depend on whether the shareholders that decide who is CEO can be shamed into making those changes.

I am not going to hold my breath.