This is a real bummer: Walt Disney World, the largest single-site employer in the United States, will furlough 43,000 union employees, all thanks to the coronavirus pandemic.
says they expect everyone will be able to come back when the theme park reopens. Union-represented employees will still get full and free health benefits for up to a year, and any employees who return after the furlough will retain their job titles and full wages. In the meantime, it looks like everyone will have to file for state unemployment.for weeks now, but it is still unwelcome.
The country is experiencing a rate of unemployment not seen since the Great Depression. Last week, thethat more than 16 million people lost their jobs in March, and the longer the pandemic stretches on—and it’s expected to stretch on for some time—the more that number will go up. It’s also noteworthy that that number doesn’t account for people whose job losses are harder to count, like undocumented workers, contractors, and freelancers who are losing gigs thanks to the trickle-down.
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