COURT RULES THAT DISNEY MUST PROVIDE CLEAN COSTUMES

Walt Disney World must rehire three performers who were fired when they refused to wear soiled spandex unitards as part of their costumes for the “Festival of the Lion King” show, an arbitrator ruled Monday. The workers said their clean unitards became wet and soiled while hanging from a rack where sweaty costumes that had been rained on were pushed up against them. The arbitrator ruled that the performers were dismissed without just cause and that Disney violated language in a collective bargaining agreement guaranteeing that all costumes be clean. Disney said the workers carried out an unauthorized work stoppage when they refused to put on the wet unitards last June, forcing the cancellation of an evening show. The clean-costume provision was added to the agreement more than a decade ago after incidents of rashes, scabies and other infections. Union official Donna-Lynne Dalton said Tuesday that she pushed for the provision after she got ringworm years ago from tights she wore as a member of the harem in the “Aladdin’s Royal Caravan” parade.
* Aren’t Rashes, Scabies and Ringworm the three nephews of Donald Duck?
* At least the cases of leprosy are way down.
* Whistle While You Itch.
* Great, and now Tinkerbell has the clap.
* You don’t want to see Minnie Mouse with a rash. It’s just not right.
* I think I saw the Soiled Spandex Unitards open for Phish in 2008.
* Okay, we get it. You don’t have to tell us the details.
* The Happiest Place on Earth. Unless you work there.
* Ringworm from wearing dirty tights? I could have gone all day without hearing that.
* The good news for Disney: It looks like the measles outbreak is over.
* PHONE TOPIC: Did you ever work in a theme park costume? Have you been dressed as a mascot for a business?