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lib2DaBone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-27-09 08:41 PM
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Disney U.S. parks cutting jobs, seeking efficiencies
HB1V Workers... How will poor Disney ever survive without exploiting foreign workers?

http://www.comcast.net/articles/finance/20090203/BUSINESS-US-DISNEY/

"These changes are essential to maintaining our leadership position in family tourism and reflect today's economic realities," Griffin said. "As acknowledged previously, these actions will unfortunately result in the elimination of positions."

In February, Disney's theme park business, anchored by the two domestic resorts, reported a 24 percent drop in quarterly operating income and a 4 percent decline in revenue for the company's first fiscal quarter
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Truth: Disney is a Minimum Wage Employer. And Puts NOTHING back into the community from which it takes.
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SmileyRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-27-09 08:44 PM
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1. I have a cousin who's a waitress at O'hana's for several years now
she takes home close to 6 six figures - her hourly is just under $10 - the rest is tips.
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