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Mickey Mouse vs. Moe the Rat

By AP

PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Moe the Rat is butting heads with Mickey Mouse. The International Longshoremen's Association sued the Disney Cruise Line and Canaveral Port Authority in federal court March 21 after Disney banned the image of Moe the Rat during protests at the cruise terminal.

Disney objects to the rat's image, saying it makes a mockery of Mickey. When Disney's ships Magic and Wonder arrived in port, picketers usually greet passengers with a five-metre high statue of Moe and leaflets with his image. The longshoremen's association has been protesting Disney's hiring of a contractor that has not reached a collective bargaining agreement with its cruise ship employees.

"We have the right to prohibit this type of activity," said Angela Bliss, spokesman for Disney Cruise Line. "It's unfortunate the union has decided to increase the attacks against us in an effort to gain leverage in its negotiations."

But the union argues that sometimes a rat is just a rat -- and Moe has nothing to do with Mickey.
 
I know that I don't want to see no stinkin rat when we are boarding!! :rolleyes:

Just ::MickeyMo
 

No joke...here's Moe.

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He looks like Rizzo dressed as Mickey from Muppets 4-D :)
 
But the union argues that sometimes a rat is just a rat -- and Moe has nothing to do with Mickey.

How can "Moe" have nothing to do with Mickey when he's wearing Mickey's ears? Or am I looking at the picture wrong? From the side he certainly looks like he's wearing very similar shorts, gloves, and shoes also.
 
From what I can see, Moe looks like Mickey's arch-enemy, Mortimer mouse.

Could someone please explain what they are protesting, I don't quite understand.

Nicole
 
If it's not supposed to be in the likeness of Mickey, they would have chosen a giraffe or a rhino to be their "MOE"

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
DIS-Wonder, It is a union protest because they don't like that Disney is using non-union labor.
 

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