Disney approves raises for 4,000 workers

August 20th, 2010, 6:00 am by Sarah Tully

Disneyland Resort plans to give raises to 4,000 theme-park employees over the next five years under a contract that was recently approved.

The company and Workers United Local 50 reached an agreement on a five-year contract, the longest in the union’s history at the park. Those employees will receive between 3 and 3.5 percent raises over that time. It took the parties six days to negotiate the contract, which was ratified by the union, according to Disney.

Workers United union represents about 4,000 food and beverage employees who work in Disneyland and Disney California Adventure.

“We are pleased that an agreement was reached and ratified before the current contract expired,â€