At least a quarter of Disney layoffs coming from Florida

At least a quarter of 28,000 layoffs planned for Disney's parks division will come from Florida, according to a letter company filed with state and local officials last week.

letter said that at least 6,390 nunion Disney employees in Florida will be laid off starting in early December. number of Florida layoffs, though, could grow as company negotiates terms with a coalition of unions that represents 43,000 employees at Walt Disney World.

“Due to continuing business impacts of COVID-19 pandemic, we have me very difficult decision to reduce our workforce," Jim Bowden, a Disney vice president of employee relations said in letter.

Disney officials said last week that two-thirds of planned layoffs involve part-time workers and y ranged from salaried employees to hourly workers.

Disney’s parks closed last spring as pandemic started spreing in U.S. Florida parks reopened this summer, but California parks have yet to reopen as company awaits guidance from state of California.

In a letter to employees last week, Josh D’Amaro, chairman of Disney Parks, Experience and Product, said California’s “unwillingness to lift restrictions that would allow Disneyland to reopen” exacerbated situation for company.

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