Disney Parks Are Laying Off 28,000 Employees Amid Pandemic

A group of Disneyland employees and fans joined together on Saturday morning to hold a rally outside the shuttered Southern California theme park in an effort to urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to issue reopening guidance.

As theme parks await guidancefrom the state of California on reopening amid the pandemic, operators are undergoing multiple rounds of layoffs. Since July 1,Universal Studios Hollywood has temporarily laid off at least 849 employees and permanently cut 1374 staffers in Los Angeles County, according to filings with California's Employment Development Department.

Dominic Patten, Anthony D'Alessandro “Families should begin planning safer alternatives now” when it comes to Halloween because of the coronavirus, California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly said today with a new loosening on in-person social gatherings.In a topic on Hollywood’s mind and bank balance, Dr.

Dominic Patten, Anthony D'Alessandro In a relatively short update today, California Governor Gavin Newsom hinted that movement is occurring between the Golden State and the likes of Disney and Universal over getting “people back to work” at some of the larger and smaller theme parks in the region.While not giving any details, the former San Francisco Mayor said that “good faith” negotiations are based on a “health first frame mentality”.Newsom appeared to indicate that more information on talks

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The California Attractions & Parks Association on Wednesday afternoon blasted Gov. Gavin Newsom after he said earlier in the day there was "no rush" to reopen theme parks, specifically Disneyland, amid the pandemic.

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

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorHours after California Governor Gavin Newsom said he was in “no hurry” to issues coronavirus safety guidelines so amusement parks could reopen, the California Attractions and Parks Association issued a blistering statement in response to an inquiry from Deadline.

resignation from California’s economic recovery task force last week, Newsom said it “didn’t come to me as a surprise at all.”“There’s disagreements in terms of opening a major theme park. We’re going to let science and data make that determination,” Newsom said, adding later that the large theme parks are “complex” and like “small cities.” He said, “I understand the dialectic, the friction, the frustration that many business leaders have.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor“We don’t anticipate in the immediate term any of these larger parks opening until we see more stability in terms of the data.” Those were the long-awaited words of California Governor Gavin Newsom on the fate of the state’s still-closed amusement parks.“We feel there’s no hurry to put out guidelines and we continue to work with the industry,” he continued. Those words will not land softy on the ears of those who run local theme parks.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorTwo days after Disney announced some 28,000 layoffs in its U.S. parks business, chairman Bob Iger has resigned from California Gov.

Matt James is gearing up for his journey, and yes, it will still take place in a bubble. The entirety of Clare Crawley's season of was filmed on set at La Quinta Resort & Club in Palm Springs, California, and while James is shooting somewhere else, he'll also be constrained to a single resort, Chris Harrison told ET. «Number one, yes, we are still in a quarantine pandemic bubble.

The Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday announced that 28,000 employees from theParks, Experiences and Products segment "at all levels" will be laid off.

Disney has begun to permanently eliminate around 28,000 domestic jobs in its theme parks division due to uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.

Metallica are digging deep to aid firefighters battling blazes in California, Washington, and Oregon.The heavy rockers have pledged to donate $250,000 to help the ongoing wildfire relief efforts via their All Within My Hands non-profit foundation, which was launched in 2017.“Wildfires have become a cruel and unwelcome annual benchmark in California, and this year we have seen them tragically extend across the entire west coast of our country,” a statement from the band reads.

Metallica have donated £250,000 to aid wildfire relief efforts across California and the US West Coast.The generous sum came via the band’s All Within My Hands foundation, which has gifted significant sums to a series of worthy causes since launching back in 2017.“Wildfires have become a cruel and unwelcome annual benchmark in California, and this year we have seen them tragically extend across the entire west coast of our country,” the band confirmed in a statement.“This is the fourth