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EPCOT Italy Restaurant Workers Hold Strike-Authorization Vote as Contract Deadline Nears

The vote would allow union leaders to call a walkout after the Sept. 30 contract expiration at Patina Group’s Italy pavilion restaurants.

Patina Group Employees at Walt Disney World's Italy Pavilion to Vote on Strike
Credit: Disney

Overview

  • UNITE HERE Local 737 announced the vote at an Aug. 26 press conference, saying Patina Group has not made adequate progress in contract talks.
  • The authorization covers Tutto Italia Ristorante, Tutto Gusto Wine Cellar, and Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria at EPCOT.
  • If a strike is called after Sept. 30, it would be the first employee walkout inside a Walt Disney World theme park.
  • Patina Group, a Delaware North subsidiary, employs unionized workers who filed a formal complaint in July over what they described as second-class conditions.
  • The union launched DisneyWorldFoodAlert.org to inform guests about labor disputes, and Walt Disney World has not publicly commented on the negotiations.