So you would love a job standing out in the blazing Florida sun selling ice cream to frequently unpleasant people? Sure. You get paid well, so it's easy for you to judge those who work in the unskilled labor market. If you are so dedicated, what are you doing posting on the disboards, shouldn't you be grinding away at your stressful job?
And yes, I realize that we are discussing a lot of unskilled labor jobs that you don't need any special training to do- but when a company is turning a large profit and you are giving a CEO a 35 % increase while further sucking the life out of your front line workers, say what you want about pixie dust, that is kinda lame.
If Iger were the CEO soley of the 'parks division' then fine, you have an argument. But, to the best of my knowledge he is CEO of the whole shebang...and that covers a whole lot more than ice cream vendors at MK. WDW hires these unskilled workers, for positions that do not need any special education...period. When you accept the job, you know what the details are.
Am I saying that people don't deserve a decent living? Of course they do. I have talked to CMs, in a variety of positions at WDW..and they all love what they do, and pretty much love the company. They have been there, working at WDW, for many years. Some have worked their way up through the ranks...from what would be considered 'menial' work to a position of some importance. Can't be all that bad to work there.
So when that hard working teacher's contract is up and wants a raise or wants to protest that their health care contribution is too high, he or she should just lump it? If someone doesn't ever complain, how do things change? You should read up on the history of labor unions and why they are started in the first place.
I grew up in a 'union household'..and now I have little use for them. Why?? I live in a fairly upscale town. My family would be considered to be upper-middle class. We worked hard to get where we are. Our schools are known for their excellence. So, when our already highly paid teachers decided to 'picket' because they were being asked to contribute more to their healthcare costs, many in town went a bit nutty. We even had teachers discussing it in classrooms, at all levels..yes, even in the elementary schools. They sent stuff home with the kids in their classrooms. Teachers started 'working to the contract'...stopped doing anything they weren't specifically paid for. You have a senior who needs a letter of recommendation for college? Oh well...too bad, teachers aren't specifically paid for that. You're outa luck. Just one example.
I have no problem with people getting a decent pay.But, when I sit at my desk and try to figure out how the heck I'm going to stretch our paycheck each month, I have to wonder about those who complain that they are being asked to contribute another $15 per paycheck for their healthcare...oh, and they don't want a copay either!!
Everyone is feeling the pinch in these days. I would rather have a job, with money coming in, even if it meant a bit more cost for healthcare.
And a college education for all? Not hardly. There are a lot of people who have no business going to college. Not everyone has what it takes. But, I have to say that plumbers and electricians do just fine. Yes, they need some form of education...and licensing. But with the number of vocational schools out there, there should be schooling for just about any profession.
In my town, the teens won't stoop to working at McDonalds....yet their parents (the yuppies) will complain that they can't 'understand' the workers who do take the jobs there!!!
I have a 34 y/o dd. She works in the preschool/daycare field. She made some mistakes early on. But, she is back on track, taking college courses online through an area community college. She should get her AA in a year or so. She holds down a job, lives on her own in her own apt., has a nice car. She lives paycheck to paycheck. And she would love to have more to spend. In fact, she has told me that she wants 'my life'...SAHM, nice house, nice car, nice vacations. But, she doesn't understand that I paid my dues, so to speak. It wasn't always this way. I lived in crappy apts, drove crappy cars and worried about being able to feed my kids on a daily basis.
And there are still times when things are tighter than we would like. And health insurance is one of those reasons. It is getting out of hand. My dh works in the insurance field, I used to. There is a ton of waste. There are many reasons for the cost of premiums nowadays. But this isn't the right place to get into that.
Really.....if Disney CMs want to picket, have at it. I still maintain that the vast majority of CMs are pretty happy. Oh, and by the way?? I saw that video...if it's the same one I saw last summer..the one with a 'few' CMs saying that they had to get food stamps and that Disney is so charitable but it's their own CMs who are getting charity from places that Disney has given to. And you know the funny thing??? I spoke to a bunch of CMs about that video last summer...and they all said, every single one, that they found the video to be offensive and not at all representative of others that they knew.
Sometimes the internet doesn't give a clear view of something.
But there are a ton of things that can be done that don't have anything to do with where you live. [Note that that I use "you" here in the generic, not in the "you, Feralpeg, specifically". 
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