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Published March 10, 2024 4:00am EDT


MAINTENANCE GUYS WHO KEEP LUXE DISNEY CALIFORNIA HOTELS RUNNING SUE OVER WAGES,
CAN'T FEED THEIR FAMILIES


SOME WORKERS WHO KEEP FOUR-STAR HOTELS UP AND RUNNING MAKING LESS THAN FAST-FOOD
CASHIERS: LAWSUIT

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More than 100 Disney hotel maintenance workers responsible for keeping the
company's luxe hotels up and running in southern California are suing the
entertainment giant for allegedly paying them less than fast-food workers earn
in the state and forcing them to moonlight at second jobs despite working
overtime.




"A ton of us have or had second jobs just to survive," lead plaintiff Charlie
Torres told FOX Business. "I was working 48-plus hours a week in the mornings at
Disney and delivering pizzas five nights a week for Pizza Hut."

Amid a regional housing crisis and soaring inflation, the workers tasked with
keeping the four-star hotels up to wealthy customers' standards are struggling
to get by, according to Ron Zambrano, Torres' attorney.

DISNEY HIT WITH LAWSUIT AFTER DOCTOR HAS FATAL ALLERGIC REACTION



Disney hotels maintenance worker Charlie Torres has filed a class-action
complaint against the entertainment giant, alleging illegally low wages and
other labor law violations. He says he is forced to work overtime and moonlight
at a second job five (AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images, Inset: West Coast Trial
Lawyers)

"Franchise owners of larger chains have to pay at least $20 an hour to anyone
working there," said Zambrano, a partner at West Coast Trial Lawyers in Los
Angeles. "So, they're making less than the people working at McDonald's, Burger
King and Wendy's."



Prior to getting the better-paying maintenance job, Torres said he worked for
Disney's food and beverage division, where the labor union maintained its own
food bank for members.

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Pixar characters helped celebrate the opening of the Pixar Place Hotel at the
Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif., Jan. 30, 2024.  (Paul Bersebach/MediaNews
Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images / Getty Images)

A key issue in the lawsuit is that Disney allegedly required the workers to
provide their own tools, which, under California law, means they should be paid
double the state's hourly minimum wage of $15.50.



"Why does Disney just not have a warehouse of tools for people to use?" Zambrano
asked.

Some made as little as $17.50 an hour, he said. Disney also allegedly skimped on
overtime and blocked workers from taking legally guaranteed lunch breaks during
the work day or paying them for working through meals.



DISNEY LOSES SPOT AS HOLLYWOOD'S TOP-GROSSING STUDIO AT THE 2023 BOX OFFICE

An overview of Disney Hotels in Anaheim, including Disney's Paradise Pier, left;
the Disneyland Hotel, center; and Disney's Grand Californian in January 2015.
(Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images / Getty
Images)

Meanwhile, Disney is charging hundreds of dollars a night, depending on the
location. Some rooms began at more than $500, an online search showed. Others
cost more than $800.

When they were hired, the employees were asked to spend hundreds on a set of
required hand tools and replace them on their own dime multiple times a year,
Zambrano said. 



DISNEY WORLD DAD SAYS YOUNG DAUGHTERS ‘TRAUMATIZED’ AFTER STUCK ON STEEP
EXPEDITION EVEREST ROLLER COASTER

Pixar artwork adorns a sitting area in the lobby of the Pixar Place Hotel at the
Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif., Jan. 30, 2024. (Paul Bersebach/MediaNews
Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images / Getty Images)

"That’s a lot of money, half your groceries for the month," Zambrano said. "It's
an incredible thing to have asked these guys considering the amount of revenue
that these hotels bring."



The class-action complaint, filed Friday, also alleges Disney failed to provide
final paychecks on time for workers who were let go or quit. FOX Business
reached out to Disney for comment.



Staff shows a suite during a press tour of the Pixar Place Hotel at the
Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif., Jan. 30, 2024.  (Paul Bersebach/MediaNews
Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images / Getty Images)

The lawsuit is seeking unpaid wages, with interest and legal costs from Disney,
which has also faced criticism over its treatment of theme park workers, some of
whom have reportedly taken to living in their cars to make ends meet.

One of them died in her car in 2016, the Orange County Register reported.
Because Yeweinishet Mesfin had no listed address, it took 20 days from when she
was reported missing to find her, according to the paper.

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Torres said he'd worked alongside her.

"She did night custodial work, and we talked," he said. "She died in her car.
Nobody knew she was homeless living in her car. But I know it does happen, and
I've heard of many employees who do that."




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