And they all lived happily ever after?

I once came across guidelines the National Trust gave to staff who dressed up in animal costumes for children's fun days. The key rule was never to remove the head from the costume in the presence of children because it will really freak them out.
These pictures and the report on a day of industrial action at Disney in Los Angeles are similarly disturbing at some primeval level. Although, having enjoyed Shrek (well, the first two) you could get used to seeing elves and princesses handcuffed by police and put in the back of squad cars.
Disney has long had an appalling record on union rights - but then what do you expect from an organisation founded by an FBI stooge? You don't see much mention of Disney's early cartoons featuring anarchists with ticking bombs threatening America in the official history. So, all power to the labour protestors in LA.
I wrote a piece once on films featuring trade unions for Tribune (you can download a version here) which was great fun to research. There has been little written on this area (as opposed to film production and unions) - but if you are interested then Tony Zaniello's book Working Stiffs is worth a read. There's also a great summary of union films at Roger Darlington's web site.

(Hat tip: Indymedia)

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