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• Chairman and CEO Bob Iger said the cathedral is a beacon of hope and beauty that has inspired quote “awe and reverence for its art and architecture and for its enduring place in human history.”
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• Virgin Trains USA has raised $1.75 billion dollars to build the line between West Palm Beach and Orlando.
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• LaRonda Rasmussen and Karen Moore say they’re suing Disney not just because they were paid less than male colleagues at their jobs at Disney Studios in California. But Moore says she was also passed up for a promotion that was given to a male counterpart.
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• Disney announced it will ban smoking at its parks in Orlando this summer. The new rules also apply to vaping in the parks.
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• Statewide, Hepatitis A cases were three times higher than in 2018 than the five-year average. But in Orange County, there were 123 cases in 2018 — more than 55 times the normal amount of cases. And in 2019 so far, we’re already at 15 times the five-year average of cases.
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• The Florida Department of Health says anyone who dined at the restaurant between November 6 and November 16 might have been exposed to the virus.
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• Disney says its Disney’s Disability Access Program provides reasonable wait times for people with special needs.
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• More than 37,000 Walt Disney World Resort employees represented by the Service Trades Council Union will see their pay go up over the next three years. Union leaders and Disney management are hailing the contract as an historic deal. So what will it mean for the broader economy in Orlando?
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• Aside from election news, this week had a development that could bring a major overhaul to Central Florida’s tourism industry. Six Orlando labor unions representing 38,000 workers say that they have tentatively reached a “historic” agreement with Walt Disney World to raise starting hourly pay from $10 to $15 by 2021. If approved by union members in September, the new contract would raise the minimum wage at Disney to $11 by December 2018 and keep going up in yearly increments until reaching $15 in October 2021. The Service Trades Council Union said this week that the new four-year contract agreement makes “no major concessions” to the theme park company regarding union rights and benefits. A Disney spokesperson said the company …
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• A court will review claims made by people with severe disabilities that Disney doesn’t do enough to make parks accessible. A ruling could force the parks to rethink accommodations.
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