Disneyland workers face homelessness due to low pay

One in ten Disneyland employees have found themselves homeless due to their low pay, according to a survey of the company’s staff.

The report, from Economic Roundtable, found that almost three-quarters of the staff in the Anaheim, California park do not earn enough money to cover basic expenses every month, and more than two-thirds (68%) are food insecure.

In California, the minimum wage for businesses with 26 or more employees is $11.00 an hour and is set to increase each year until it reaches $15 an hour in 2022. However, a coalition of unions representing the staff at Disney are proposing a ballot measure to ensure large employers pay a minimum of $15 an hour, starting Jan. 1, 2019, with hourly salaries rising $1 an hour every year through Jan. 1, 2022.

The Economic Roundtable report argues that raising the wage floor for Disneyland workers to $20 an hour will increase their collective buying power by $190 million a year.