It’s proof that the happiest place on earth isn’t so happy after all.

Disney hotel workers, represented by Unite Here! Local 681, are walking—or working, rather—on eggshells after the contract they were under expired in February. Many are fearful that on top of already low wages, they may be stripped of health benefits, too.

Though Mickey Mouse and his posy of corporate moguls may be sitting comfortably atop millions, those who work behind the scenes to make Disney what it is—maids, bell-hops, cooks and dishwashers—are barely keeping their heads above water, living paycheck-to-paycheck at a measly $11-14 per hour.

And now, the mega corporation, which prides itself upon being happy and magical, is hoping to strip workers of even more.

Disney has proposed eliminating a free health care plan used by a number of area unions. Furthermore, the corporation is looking to create a new class of laborers who would work no more than 30 hours per week receive no sick, vacation, or holiday pay.

So much for the wonderful world of Disney.

Recently bringing light to the issue were 32 labor activists who were arrested after failing to obey a police officer. Prior to being cuffed, the protestors participated in an hour-long march from one of three Disney-owned hotels to the gates of Disneyland , catching the attention of both tourist and Disney hotel employees.

Why doesn’t Disney—and the rest of the world, for that matter—have more peaceable vigilantes who are willing to stand up in the name of labor injustice wherever it is found?

Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Indeed, the struggles surrounding Unite Here Local 681 members go beyond labor issues. They are human rights issues.

The events surrounding the labor protestors and workers are a reminder to us all that together, we can and will make a difference.