Walt Disney World Laying Off 8,800 Part-Time Union Staff As Part Of Broad U.S. Parks Retrenchment
Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorWalt Disney Word will lay off 8,857 part-time union employees as part of the 28,000 staff cuts the entertainment announced late last month at its domestic parks.Disney didn’t announce the split between Orlando, which opened in July at reduced capacity, and Disneyland in Anaheim, which remains shuttered and according to California Governor Gavin Newsom today won’t be reopening any time soon.In addition to the part-time jobs, Disney notified the state last week of about 6,700 non-union Disney World employees that are being laid off as of Dec. 4, according to the Orlando Sentinel, noting that together that’s a total of 20% of the Walt Disney World Resort workforce let go.