ORLANDO SENTINEL: DISNEY WORLD EQUITY ACTORS ALSO GOING ON UNPAID FURLOUGHS AS NUMBERS SEEKING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS IN FLORIDA WILL GROW

About 800 Disney World equity actors will also be furloughed without pay starting April 19, its union announced Tuesday as they will join thousands of others at the theme parks losing their paychecks indefinitely during the coronavirus pandemic.

“We are proud to be able to reach agreement on our primary goals, to ensure both continued access to health care throughout the furlough, and a guaranteed return to employment under the contract for everyone on the Equity agreement,” said Russell Lehrer, chief negotiator for the Actors’ Equity Association, in a press release.

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