Universal Orlando asks union to change name

Posted | Contributed by Jeff

There must be no "Universal" union at Universal Orlando -- the company told activists trying to organize workers at its Orlando theme parks. Universal Studios warned them that the company trademarked the word "Universal" for names associated with amusement parks. That means the new Universal Labor Council, the group trying to form a theme park union, must be renamed, advised Anne Nielsen, the company's senior trademark counsel.

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roller... at Disney its STCU... which is Service Trades Council of Unions.. which happens to be one of the largest (if not the largest) single sight union... I'm not exactly sure, but frankly from what I have heard Universal employees are in a better position currently without a Union since they still have merit based raises which is something we at Disney do not have.

Of course at Disney the STCU is made up of 6 independent national unions which USED to all be AFL-CIO but as you who read news will know, the AFL-CIO broke up recently.... In any case will be fun to see if the majority of Universal employees can break that ever so distant theme/amusement park wage barrier that so many of us at Disney enjoy.

^ No, I was referring to the LAWYERS at Disney in charge of trademark infringements, not to the union. Ironic that the Disney union is STC while at Universal it's the trademark lawyers with that acronym.

It's my understanding that Disney keeps a virtual ARMY of lawyers on staff in case someone else tries to use the mouse, or his ears, or his tail, or any other part of the vast Disney empire, without prior approval (and presumably a NICE cut of the action).

I'm pretty much *universally* behind the idea of unionization...the implementation at various times/places/levels of corruption vary, sometimes WIDELY, but I still like the idea of workers having SOME protections against management abuse...*go ahead, call me a liberal*... ;)

I'm pretty much universally against the idea of unionization in this day and age. There are now laws that protect workers from the very things that unions were once needed for - and the potential for abuses of power and even the greed to get a foot in the door at any given corporation to get some of that power is an antiquated idea whose time has passed.

I'd go as far as to say I'm convinced that unions killed the manufacturing industry in this country by driving up wages and reducing output.

Would you expect any less from me. ;)

*** This post was edited by Lord Gonchar 9/25/2006 12:49:10 PM ***

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