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The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
Volume 113 Issue 10
Arboretum market sees unexpected turnout
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Jada Fonseca, owner of Cryptid Boogie, sold small handmade sculptures, stickers, magnets and pins at the Garden Flea Market. Fonseca is one of 24 student vendors who participated in the event.
Medieval Times workers still on strike MATTHEW ROSOFF Staff Writer
Labor disputes continue to plague The Medieval Times in Buena Park, as employees have abstained from working at the themed restaurant after two months of stalled negotiations. The Medieval Times Performers United union returned to the bargaining table last week in efforts to seek better pay, improve treatment of horses and fair labor practices. The cast members have been on strike since February. The union has approximately 40 employees. “These are not emergency sessions that have been called, these are part of our ongoing negotiations,” said Erin Zapcic, a union organizer, in a video message featured on The Real News Network. “In 53 days, the company has not shown any interest in trying to end the strike.” The treatment of horses by Medieval Times was one of the primary concerns discussed at last week’s meetings, said Jake Bowman, an organizer of the union. Zapcic stated at the Real News Network that photo and video footage of animal cruelty and mistreatment has surfaced from the Buena Park Medieval Times castle. “An abused animal is a dangerous animal,” Zapcic said, which puts the performers at risk of being injured. Negotiations took place at the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel on Beach Boulevard in Buena
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Park over a span of three days from Tuesday through Thursday. In addition to concerns about animal well-being, employee pay is another top concern. The Daily Titan previously reported that Anthony LePage, one of the knight performers of Medieval Times, said many of the strikers were getting paid less than $20 an hour to perform dangerous stunts in the arena. Low pay was also discussed during the negotiation meeting, Smith said. Zapcic said she hopes the cast members can receive a 20% to 25% wage increase because other locations' employees have received that amount. The third day of bargaining saw progress made on both sides, Bowman said in an email. “The company is working with us on some general working conditions issues we were having and seem amenable to make changes to help us out,” Bowman said. The Medieval Times at Buena Park did not respond to requests for comment to The Daily Titan. The union is represented by Susanne Doris from the American Guild of Variety Artists, and attorney Jay Smith of Gilbert & Sackman. Medieval Times is represented by Pedro Goite, general manager of the Buena Park location, Julie Muenzler, vice president of human relations and their lawyer, Daniel Sobel. SEE WAGE
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Titans earn shut-out win, 5-0, against UC Santa Barbara
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Third baseman Zach Lew tagged out Gaucho John Newman Jr. as he attempted to steal third base. GOTTIE CHAVEZ Editor
In the build up to Cal State Fullerton baseball’s series against UC Santa Barbara, the Gauchos were sitting atop of the Big West standings with the Titans trailing right behind in second place. Despite a disappointing start against the conference front-runners, the Titans won two out of three games, only now being one game behind UCSB in the conference standings. The Gauchos entered the series with the top ranked pitching staff in the conference and made their presence felt immediately.
Urman led the Titans in hitting over the weekend with a batting average of .500 while scoring two runs and producing four RBIs. Urman was especially important in Friday's game when he extended the Titans’ 2-1 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning with a 2 RBI single. Following Urman in production over the weekend was White, who hit 5-13, with two runs and three RBIs. White continues his dominant hitting season as he is currently the Big West conference’s top hitter with a batting average of .424. SEE HIT
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