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Subject: Disneyland assigns jobs by looks
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Date: Fri, 26-Oct-84 03:33:57 EST
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	At Disneyland, employees are assigned to jobs on the basis of
their appearance.  No kidding.  Redheads w/freckles work Tom Sawyer's
Rafts, blondes are ride attendants, dark-haired people work in food
service and janitorial.  This only applies to people the public sees,
of course, (programmers are hired for skills, not looks) but if you
just apply for an unskilled job there the only qualification which
will determine your assignment is your appearance.

	To deal with the patent dangers such a policy faces from both
Federal and State anti-discrimination statutes (California has a really
cool one called the Unruh Civil Rights Act), all Disney employees are
classed by WED as ``performers,'' which means it's okay to choose them on
such a subjective basis.  One not-well publicized threat of Disneyland
unions is the possibility of a court challenge to this.  After all, what
does appearance REALLY have to do with one's suitability as a ride-
operator or hamburger server?