From JustTheNews.com…
Activist Disney employees upset over the company’s initial lack of opposition to Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill called a job walkout for Tuesday — only to see more employees turn out to protest in California than in the Sunshine State.
The Florida bill — labeled the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by opponents and allied media — would bar classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in grades K-3.
The measure is expected to be signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
An all-day walkout was planned for Tuesday by Disney’s “LGBTQIA+ community and their allies,” but only one Disney employee could be found protesting outside of Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla., according to WESH 2, a local NBC affiliate.
The employee, Nicholas Moldonado, was not scheduled to work on Tuesday and didn’t know how many other employees planned on participating, the news outlet reported. The organizers noted on their website that the full-day walkout was “not a legally protected action.”
The walkout took on a few different forms, according to organizers, such as people simply staying home from work, working remotely, calling out sick, and putting an “away” message on their email explaining their support for the walkout, WESH 2 reported.
Although unable to enter the Disney resort or the company’s corporate offices to see how many employees walked out on the job, the outlet reported that it appeared park operations were unaffected by the walkout.
CNBC field producer Steve Desaulniers tweeted a video of Disney employees protesting, captioning the post, “Hundreds of Disney employees walking out at company HQ in Burbank #DisneyWalkout”.
