Of about 1000 costumed character Disney employees, 600 have signed a petition expressing their willingness to forfeit Teamster membership due to unresponsive local leadership. The leadership have allegedly been unresponsive to grievances and charged with making deals with Disney management. In fact, the officers of Local 385 are facing separate charges of having created false records and committed embezzlement and obstruction. Teamster President, James Hoffa, is reviewing and considering trusteeship for the local.
