Disneyland cast members announce plans to form a union
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Actors at Disneyland who perform as Mickey and Minnie Mouse, as well as other costumed characters at the California theme park, said Tuesday they are moving to form a union. Calling themselves "Magic United," the cast members seeking to organize announced they are working with Actors' Equity Association, a union representing 51,000 theater actors and stage managers across the U.S. Although most of the roughly 35,000 workers at Disneyland already have labor unions, about 1,700 performers and character actors do not, the labor group said. The effort is in its early stages, with organizers having only just begun circulating union cards to the cast members this week, according to Actors' Equity. If a majority of workers sign the cards, the group plans to seek voluntary recognition for the union from Disney Resort Entertainment, which oversees Disneyland. "Disneyland is a very special place, where cast members create