Disney Blocks Historic Labor Strike by Food Service Employees at EPCOT

The Walt Disney Company states that a labor strike by the EPCOT employees would violate the contract between the company and union that covers food service employees. Labor StrikeEmployees who work at Tutto Italia, Via Napoli, and Tutto Gusto in EPCOT’s Italy Pavilion are represented by UNITE HERE Local 737. The union representing the 70+ restaurant works have been in talks with Patina Group, a Disney contractor, for a new union contract since earlier this year. Their previous contract expired on September 30, 2025....