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Disney workers try to get more pay, better benefits

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Cinderella is asking for a raise.

Some 37,000 unionized employees at Walt Disney World are preparing to negotiate for higher wages, more affordable benefits and pension plan improvements when their union contract expires at the end of March, according to CNNMoney.

"I love my job, but I have been working here for 20 years, and making $13.45 after that long doesn't sound like much," said Sherry Shulz, 65, who trains new hires. She said more money would ease her concerns over paying for health care and gas for her 40-mile commute to work.

Workers at the Orlando, Fla.-based theme park are represented by a coalition of six different local unions called the Services Trade Council, according to CNNMoney.

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