Happy weekend, friends! We’re coming at you with another DFB Video packed full of the latest Disney news!
Even though the parks are closed, there is still plenty to catch up on in the world of Disney — and we have it all here!
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Happy weekend, friends! We’re coming at you with another DFB Video packed full of the latest Disney news!
Even though the parks are closed, there is still plenty to catch up on in the world of Disney — and we have it all here!
If you’ve been keeping up with the Disney news, you probably know that Disney is in an extensive process of negotiations with workers unions to furlough all non-essential employees at the Disney parks. Most recently, this culminated in an agreement on terms of furlough for more than 43,000 Disney World employees.
In response to the upcoming furlough, many Disney Cast Members are staging at-home protests. However, their protests aren’t directed at Disney; instead, they’re taking aim at the Florida unemployment system.
Things have been a little up in the air about what Cast Members jobs will look like until Disney World reopens (since the parks are closed “until further notice” currently).
Although Disney has already stated they will be furloughing non-essential salaried and hourly non-union employees beginning April 19th, they have also started to extend this agreement to many of the unionized workers at Disney World too.
Well, the days certainly are being to blend together a little bit (we were still under the impression today was the 368th day of March this morning!).
And if you’ve been distracting yourself with other means of entertainment lately now that the Disney parks are closed, we totally don’t blame you!
As Disney Parks around the world are closed “until further notice,” other areas of the Walt Disney Company are also, of course, being impacted in light of the current global situation.
While non-essential cast members in both Disney World and Disneyland have previously received notification of furloughs, today brings the news that employees “whose jobs aren’t necessary at this time” have now received official furlough notices at Walt Disney Studios as well. [Read more…]
With the current indefinite closure of the Disney parks, the company is moving to furlough nonessential employees. For non-union employees, this furlough was announced several days ago to begin on April 19th.
Since then, the company has been working with a variety of unions — such as the American Federation of Musicians Local 389 and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 2088 — to come to agreements about their members. Now, Disneyland has settled on a furlough agreement with the Independent Employee Service Association representing some security employees.
With the Disney Parks being closed “until further notice,” things are pretty up in the air about when Cast Members may return to their jobs.
We recently saw that Disney plans to furlough non-essential salaried and hourly non-union employees beginning April 19th, but this statement did not include plans for union workers. Disney has now started coming to agreements with unions regarding what will happen to workers’ jobs during the closures.
It’s true many as workers across the country are being released from their jobs as a result of these recent events.
The hospitality industry has been one of the hardest industries hit as leisure travel and public gatherings in event spaces as well as restaurants and bars is against the law in many states right now.