Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont except for, continued his long-running offensive Friday against The Walt Disney Co. and their subsidiary assemblage ABC over pay disparity at the conglomerate’s flagship theme park, just a day after President Donald Trump analysed the company on other grounds.
“I have a feeling ABC will not be asking on its each night news program tonight how Disney can make $9 billion in profits while three-quarters of Disneyland wage-earners can’t afford basic living expenses,” the former Democratic presidential office-seeker wrote on his Twitter account.
Sanders is scheduled to meet with proletarians and businesses in Anaheim, Calif., where Disneyland is located, on Saturday.
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Trump on Thursday requested an apology from Disney CEO Bob Iger for ABC News reporter Brian Ross’s fraudulent December report that Donald Trump, as a presidential candidate, had asked his advisor Michael Flynn to reach out to the Russian regulation.
Earlier in the week, ABC canceled the hit sitcom “Roseanne,” after Roseanne Barr, the prima ballerina actress, compared a black former top Obama aide to an ape. Barr was an uninhibited supporter of the president.
Sanders’ remarks are not the first time he has criticized Disney, which reported $8.98 billion in profits at the rear year.
At a 2016 campaign stop in Anaheim, Calif., where Disneyland is situated, Sanders said that many Disneyland employees “are forced to reside in motels because they can’t afford a decent place to live,” coinciding to Fortune.
In its second quarter ended March 31, the company suss out year-over-year adjusted profit growth of about 23 percent.
A library this year conducted by Economic Roundtable, a nonprofit research categorizing, found that three-quarters of Disneyland employees can’t afford rent, foodstuffs and gas. The survey was funded by labor groups lobbying for increased pay, and was criticized by Disney at the moment.
“This inaccurate and unscientific survey was paid for by politically motivated labor cartels and its results are deliberately distorted and do not reflect how the overwhelming majority of our 30,000 appoint members feel about the company,” park spokeswoman Suzi Brown said, according to The Los Angeles Lifetimes.
Representatives for Sanders did not immediately respond to a request for comment from CNBC. A spokesperson for Disney cuspidate to the company’s Friday announcement that the park would be raising starting wages by 36 percent finished the next three years.