Disneyland Employees Reveal They’re “Frightened” To Return To Work
Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure are ready to open their doors to the public, but it looks like some of the stars of the show aren’t happy about returning to work out of fear.
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“It’s not that we don’t want to work. It’s not that we’re not interested in bringing the magic back to this place. It’s that we are frightened,” said one cast member. “We don’t know how bad the risk to ourselves is going to be, but we know that there will be a risk. And it is a risk that none of us signed up for.”
The Coalition of Resort Labor Unions, which represents 17,000 service workers from Disneyland Resort, sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom asking the state to delay Disneyland’s planned reopening until safety measures are fully in place.
We’re a little surprised by it. We had no warning that that was going to take place, and we’ve been in continual discussions with the company for weeks now,” said Union President Chris Duarte. “From a certain level, to start bringing people back without knowing if the parks are going to actually be cleared to be open, it makes sense at a certain level [for Disney to delay reopening]. We still have a number of health and safety concerns, which is why we had sent the letter out to the governor previously. So, this gives us more time to actually start continuing to address those concerns and try to resolve them.”