Mickey's Shame

Hail, Hail the Hale and Hearty are back. Blessedly I found my inner Red Bull and have come roaring back because we are in that part of Convention that separates the wheat from the chaff.

If any of you are thinking that I was off at Disneyland yesterday having fun and that’s why I didn’t get anything posted let me quickly get that notion out of your head. Wrong – it was a day of meetings and listening. However, I did have an encounter of another type with Disney.

The Episcopal Network for Economic Justice, Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice and the Disneyland Hotel Workers held a march and vigil for economic justice for the hotel workers. I joined the group.

Almost daily we are gently reminded to be generous in our tips to our wait staff and chamber maids and in her homily on Sunday, the Presiding Bishop was rather direct in her request to all convention goers to be generous to all the housekeeping personnel who are assisting us so marching and tipping seem to be “doing the right thing!”

The issue that took us to the street was Disney’s proposal to make all the employees “regular casual” in order that health care and other benefits would no longer be part of the worker’s compensation.

You know my feelings about playing the hour’s game to reduce benefits to employees so this action of Disney is a grave matter of economic injustice.

Shame on you Mickey! Shame, shame double shame.

What you are doing is Goofy.