What needs to be remembered here -- and what is very important -- is that Florida is a right-to-work state. There are, therefore, many, many WDW CMs who are non-union. There are also a lot of part time, seasonal, college program, and casual CMs at WDW, all of whom could be called into more full-time service at a moment's notice, as none of those categories are covered by the union.
Also .... this vote is for one part of the WDW workforce, not the entire workforce. If, by some rare chance, a strike actually took place, it would affect people like bus drivers and characters -- two groups that have very involved contingency plans in place, as do, I'm sure, all other groups covered by this agreement.
This is not a NYC sanitation strike or a nationwide trucker's strike. The unions in question have less impact here ... it's not the same bitter relationship that you see in union states.
Before you cancel your trip, you should think about how quickly Disney had the parks up and operating again after the hurricanes. Literally thousands of CMs couldn't get to work or didn't come to work in those days immediately following the storms, simply because they couldn't physically get there due to damage, road blockage, and other circumstances. But ... even with this depleted workforce, the parks opened, characters were on the streets, rides and attractions operated, busses were on time, monorails ran, food was served, shows were presented, and merchandise was sold. And many people who arrived two days after the worst of the storms didn't even realize that anything had happened.
Should these particular unions decide to strike, the same will be true. There may be people with picket signs standing at Crossroads, and you may be riding a Mears bus instead of a Disney fleet bus, and the person bussing your table at Casey's might be a manager in a blue smock instead of a Foods CM in costume, but otherwise, it's my guess you won't notice much of a difference.
We're going to be there Nov 27- Dec 4.
