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Disney lays off 28,000 at US theme parks – BBC News
Prolonged closures and limited capacity at the parks has forced the company to cut its workforce.
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Walt Disney has announced it will lay off 28,000 employees, mostly at its US theme parks.
Disney cited the parks’ limited visitor capacity and uncertainty about how long the coronavirus pandemic would last as reasons for the layoffs.
The company’s theme parks have taken a major hit from the pandemic.
Disney shut all its parks earlier this year as the virus spread, but only Disneyland in California remains closed.
“We have made the very difficult decision to b…
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