

This is due to the fact that park attendance and resort occupancy have not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels and work does not yet exist for these employees. "We are disappointed to announce that 8,800 Part-Time employees also will be laid off. "Cast Members who are converted to layoff status will be placed on a 60 day pay period using the same formula as was used under our previous MOU when Disney first announced the closure. "Only those Full-Time employees who do not participate in the displacement transfer process will be converted to layoff status. Those selecting a new position, and who do not have the seniority to immediately return to work, will remain on furlough and continue to receive health insurance. "Every Full-Time employee will be given the opportunity, in seniority order, either to return to their previous job if the business need exists or to select a new Full-Time position through a negotiated displacement transfer process. This means that all Cast Members represented by the STCU will be given priority to return to their job prior to Disney hiring new employees off the street. Any Cast Members who are laid off in the future will retain their employment, their seniority, rate of pay including any scheduled increases, and the right to return back to previous job with the Company until October 1, 2022.

"Additionally, the STCU and the Company have agreed that there will be no permanent layoffs. "After several days of negotiations, the STCU is proud to announce that no Full-Time Cast Members will be forced to layoff status. "On September 29, 2020, Disney notified the STCU that they had made a decision to change the employment status from furlough to layoff for 5,299 Full-Time and 8,857 Part-Time Cast Members. "7,731 Full-Time and 9,106 Part-Time Cast members are currently on furlough status. "21,627 Full-Time Cast Members and 3,877 Part-Time have been recalled to their jobs during Disney's phased reopening. Here is the letter that was just published by the Service Trades Council Union, which includes six unions representing approximately 43,000 Walt Disney World cast members.

However, Disney needed to negotiate terms for the layoff among union-represented cast members. The planned dismissals includes 6,390 non-union employees at Walt Disney World, as well as 2,765 non-union cast members in California.

The Disney Parks, Experiences and Products segment announced last month that it would lay off 28,000 cast members across the country, due to the pandemic and its continuing affect on the tourism industry, including theme parks.
