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Former SPFPA Local 1955 Disneyland Pres. Jonathan James Mares-nieves Becomes SPFPA's Puppet. I'm Heading to the SPFPA Convention!
Former SPFPA Local 1955 Disneyland Pres. Jonathan James Mares-nieves Becomes SPFPA's handheld Puppet Again by shutting down any posts on its Disney Security Union Page - Open Forum noting: " An admin paused new posts in this group. Only admins can post. Everyone can comment and react to existing comtent"
7 hours ago13 min read


SPFPA International Union & Disneyland Using Nazi Hitler Tactics to Divide and Conquer Disneyland Security Officers
Hitler used divide and conquer tactics through propaganda, social manipulation, and military strategy to control populations and defeat enemies. Now the SPFPA International Union, Security Police and Fire Professionals of America SPFPA and Disneyland are using similar Hitler nazi tactics to divide and conquer the 1,600 Disneyland Security Officers in SPFPA / Disneyland's attempt to ratify their third tentative agreement which was voted down by the majority of the 1,600 eligib
20 hours ago17 min read


Historically, Walt Disney had a complicated relationship with employee compensation, often leading to labor friction.
Historically, Walt Disney had a complicated relationship with employee compensation, often leading to labor friction. While he offered job stability, many animators felt underpaid and undervalued, leading to a major strike in 1941. Today, Disney workers often cite low wages, with many relying on food stamps or living in their cars, despite some improvements in union contracts. Sound familiar? lol we keep the rich by settling for less. Just saying.
1 day ago10 min read


BREAKING NEWS: Acting SPFPA Local 1955 Pres. Patrick Lemos announces a tentative Agreement with Disneyland has been Reached but gave no other Details on what was agreed upon
BREAKING NEWS: Acting SPFPA Local 1955 Pres. Patrick Lemos announces a tentative Agreement with Disneyland has been Reached but gave no other Details on what was agreed upon to. This is a developing story.
4 days ago2 min read


SPFPA International Union Lies to the 1,600 Disneyland Members Once Again on Electronic Ratification Vote
SPFPA doesn't say how we conduct our voting. The Local Board does. This is straight from the bylaws. SPFPA is saying that this is for elections only and not contracts, BUT the bylaws specifically says ratification.
Our Board needs to stand up against SPFPA! Just another example why we NEED to decertify.
5 days ago2 min read


Disneyland / SPFPA International / Local 1955 War vs the Members Hits the News Media MiceChat
Whose Side Are You On?
Complicating matters is the officers’ growing distrust of not just their employer, but also of their local executive board (Local 1955) and the parent union, the Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA).
6 days ago3 min read


SPFPA International Pulls a Scam on Upcoming Disneyland Negotiations by Announcing a Ratification Date prior to Negotiations beginning
Now just days of the voted down tentative agreement on Saturday May 2nd the acting President of Local 1955 Patrick Lemos who replaced the SPFPA Local President Jonathan James Mares-nieves after he was removed & brought up on charges by the SPFPA International Union for speaking out against SPFPA Region 3 Vice President Ryan Kelly non communications as well as the way they were changing the ratification vote methods, days and procedures on how the last ratification vote was to
6 days ago8 min read


Why is SPFPA President David L. Hickey Refusing to Answer the 1,600 Disneyland Members Questions?
It’s been a couple of days since the vote — where is the official communication?
Members deserve answers, and we should have had them by now.
We are requesting immediate transparency on the following:
1. Voter Participation
* What is the total number of eligible members?
* How many ballots were actually cast?
2. Vote Breakdown
* How many YES votes?
* How many NO votes?
* How many ballots were disqualified, and why?
3. Current Status
7 days ago2 min read


Disneyland SPFPA Local 1955 Decertification Petition - Sign Up Today
Sign our Disneyland SPFPA Local 1955 Decertification Petition if you wish to Decertify SPFPA & become an IESA Local 1955 independent Union again!
May 45 min read


SPFPA Local 1955 Disneyland Security Officers VOTE NO to Its SPFPA Contract & YES to STRIKE
For the second time now and after a three-day ratification vote by the Disneyland security officers, over 700 plus eligible members of the International Union, Security, Police & Fire Professionals of America SPFPA in an in person vote only have voted the tentative agreement contract negotiated by SPFPA Region 3 Vice President Ryan Kelly down once again as a showing of a NO confidence vote in both SPFPA Ryan Kelly's ability to negotiate this contact as well as the lack of tr
May 338 min read


SPFPA Disneyland Local 1955 Members are Voting NO & are Questioning the Ratification Vote
The 1,6000 SPFPA Disneyland Local 1955 members are furious at how the International Union, Security, Police & Fire Professionals of America SPFPA is conducting the SPFPA Local 1955 Disneyland ratification vote and they are questing and urging their fellow Disneyland co-officers to vote NO in a three-day election. Below are some of the screenshots we have been receiving from Disneyland Local 1955 who wish to have their voices heard.
May 212 min read


Former SPFPA Disneyland Local 1955 Pres States "its Contract is Terrible Still: AWFUL & the SPFPA should be Ashamed of Themselves!"
I am wanting to inform you that your proposed contract is terrible still: AWFUL and the International should be ashamed of themselves! Brenda Alfaro former President of SPFPA Local 1955 Disneyland
Apr 273 min read


SPFPA Disneyland Local 1955 Members are Calling for a NLRB Decertification Election to Remove SPFPA International Union
We just received several text messages from SPFPA Local 1955 members at Disneyland calling for a NLRB decertification election from the International Union, Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America SPFPA.
Presently, the International Union, Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America SPFPA represents over 1,500 SPFPA Local 1955 members at Disneyland. Most recently the SPFPA International Union has failed to negotiate a new CBA on behalf of the 1,500 SPFPA
Apr 235 min read


SPFPA Local 1955 Disneyland Members are Watching You Hickey & Kelly!
I am a Local 1955 member asking for clarity on the contract voting process. We were told members would have time to review the contract, five voting days, and in-person access. Last time ElectionBuddy helped produce over 1,100 votes.
We want ElectionBuddy and in-person voting available again so the process is fair, accessible, and transparent.
Apr 232 min read


SPFPA Disney Local under DOL Investigation
Three officers of a Walt Disney Land local police security union allegedly received payoffs to affiliate with a national union, according to sources, and the U.S. Department of Labor is now investigating.
IESA Local 1955, which represents about 1,500 security personnel in California’s Disneyland, became affiliated with the Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) in October 2021.
Mar 254 min read


DOJ Investigating SPFPA Local - at Disney Land - in Theft of $160K
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is investigating the theft of $160,0000 from the union pension funds for workers at California’s Disneyland from a local of the Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) union.
Mar 53 min read
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