A union president said a boycott of the company would hurt members of the LGBTQ+ community monetarily.
Critics have said Disney has not done enough in pushing back against Florida's Parental Rights in Education act, more commonly known as the"Don't Say Gay" bill. In response to what some view asHowever, the president of Unite Here Local 362, Eric Clinton, is advising his members to not get involved in
A union in central Florida has urged his members not to participate in the planned boycotts of the company over the"Don't Say Gay" bill. Above, the castle at Disney's Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Florida, on September 30, 2021.mentioned the union is looking at other avenues of helping the many LGBTQ+ Disney employees who would be affected by the bill. Some of that includes pushing Disney to take bigger, more effective moves against the proposed legislation.
"This is still an issue of great concern," he said."There's this feeling that the company says the right things but hasn't done the right things.… [Chapek's] statement was welcomed, but I also think it was too late," he told the Orlando Sentinel., posting that boycotting the company because of the Don't Say Gay bill would come with monetary consequences for some.
"If you are making calls to #BoycottDisney over the Don't Say Gay bill, just remember that you are impacting thousands of Cast Members in the LGBTQ+ community who will lose hours, wages, and gratuities because of your calls. There are other ways to push for change," he wrote. The website WhereisChapek.com, which calls out Disney for its"apathy in the face of the bigoted 'Don't Say Gay or Trans' bill put forth by the FL state legislature," has a schedule and walkout instructions for employee walkouts to protest the bill.
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