Disney Is Laying Off 28,000 Domestic Theme Park Employees

People wearing masks in front of Disney World’s Magic Kingdom castle. Disney World’s Magic Kingdom on the day of reopening, July 11, 2020. | Photo: Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

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Disney lays off 28,000 workers from domestic theme parks due to pandemic

Disney is laying off 28,000 workers from its parks, experiences, and consumer products division, the company announced yesterday. Among the laid-off workers, many of whom have been on furlough since spring, about two-thirds are part-time employees, the Wall Street Journal reports.

While Disney has been able to reopen Disney World in Orlando under restrictions — including requiring face masks unless eating or drinking — plans to reopen Disneyland and California Adventure in Anaheim have been delayed and scrapped amid concerns about rising coronavirus cases. In announcing the layoffs, Disney appeared to partially cast blame on the California state government, saying that the cuts were “exacerbated in California by the State’s unwillingness to lift restrictions that would allow Disneyland to reopen.”

Theme parks represent more than a third of Disney’s revenue, CNBC reports. Per the outlet:

Disney has been hemorrhaging money since the outbreak began. In the second quarter, the company reported a loss of $1 billion in operating income due to the closures of its parks, hotels and cruise lines. In the third quarter, the company reported a steeper loss of $3.5 billion.

The 28,000 workers laid off by Disney will join the tally of 22 million jobs lost in March and April due to the pandemic, with only 9 million regained as of August. More than 205,000 people have died in the U.S. due to COVID-19.

And in other news…

  • A lawsuit accuses DoorDash of steering away business from non-partner restaurants by listing them as closed or too far away for delivery. The delivery app refutes the claim, saying that the issue stems from difficulty in tracking restaurant closures during the pandemic. [Restaurant Business]
  • Yuengling’s Hershey’s chocolate beer is now available across 22 states. [F&W]
  • Relearning how to cook as a chef whose senses of taste and smell were affected by COVID-19. [WaPo]
  • Religious groups distributing USDA food boxes may be crossing the line between church and state by asking recipients to pray with them or donate to the church. [The Counter]
  • Seagram’s liquor heiress Clare Bronfman will be sentenced for her role in the Nxivm cult case. [NY Post]
  • An imminent iOS emoji update includes bubble tea and tamales, among other food items. [Emojipedia]
  • Joe Biden’s version of “performance enhancers” is Jeni’s ice cream. Not a big surprise for true politics x ice cream heads, who already know that Biden’s campaign spent more than $10,000 on Jeni’s for donor gifts. [@JoeBiden/Twitter]

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