Teamsters, Disney at odds over labor deal
OrlandoSentinelLocal 385 opposes Disney's contract offer -- and it dislikes the plan for busing voters. When most of the union members voting on a proposed new Walt Disney World labor contract head to polling places today, the bus drivers giving them rides won't be the Teamsters who drive normal Disney buses.
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