Disneyland agrees to pay workers $15 minimum wage next year

ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) -- Disneyland Resort workers earning minimum wage will start getting paid $15 an hour by next year, the theme park announced Thursday.[br /][br /]The three-year contract will represent nearly 10,000 employees with four labor unions.[br /][Ads /][br /]The agreement follows months of protests at the park over wages. Last month, [url HREF="http://abc7.com/society/disneyland-workers-call-for-higher-wages/3607831/[br /]" TARGET="" REL="nofollow"]a petition with more than 120,000 signatures[/url] was delivered to Disney headquarters in Burbank.[br /][Ads /][br /]A [url HREF="http://abc7.com/society/disneyland-workers-resort-reach-fair-wage-agreement/3812649/" TARGET="" REL="nofollowing"]tentative agreement was reached earlier this week [/url]between Disneyland Resort and Master Services Council.[br /][br /][i]Disney is the parent company of ABC7. [/i]