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Disney to lay off 28,000 theme-park workers, exec says California ‘exacerbated’ pandemic’s effects
Published: Sept. 29, 2020 at 5:50 p.m. ET
By
Jeremy C. Owens,
MarketWatch and
Jon Swartz
After Disneyland’s home of Orange County failed to move up in state’s ‘tiers’ of COVID-19 recovery to a level that would have allowed partial reopening, Disney announces massive job cuts
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we have made the very difficult decision to begin the process of reducing our workforce at our Parks, Experiences and Products segment at all levels,
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Disneyland and California Adventure in Anaheim, Calif., remain shuttered while theme parks in Florida, Paris, Shanghai, Japan, and Hong Kong have reopened to limited capacity. The California Department of Public Health moved some counties to new “tiers” Tuesday allowing some businesses to reopen, but Disneyland’s home of Orange County did not make the cut due to a late spike in cases.
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https://www.marketwatch.com/story/di...le_top_stories
Published: Sept. 29, 2020 at 5:50 p.m. ET
By
Jeremy C. Owens,
MarketWatch and
Jon Swartz
After Disneyland’s home of Orange County failed to move up in state’s ‘tiers’ of COVID-19 recovery to a level that would have allowed partial reopening, Disney announces massive job cuts
snip
we have made the very difficult decision to begin the process of reducing our workforce at our Parks, Experiences and Products segment at all levels,
snip
Disneyland and California Adventure in Anaheim, Calif., remain shuttered while theme parks in Florida, Paris, Shanghai, Japan, and Hong Kong have reopened to limited capacity. The California Department of Public Health moved some counties to new “tiers” Tuesday allowing some businesses to reopen, but Disneyland’s home of Orange County did not make the cut due to a late spike in cases.
more..
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/di...le_top_stories