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Disney to lay off 28,000 employees as coronavirus cripples its theme parks business
- The announcement was made in a letter to employees Tuesday from Josh D'Amaro, Disney's head of parks, who described the move as a 'difficult' decision
- The layoffs have been made to workers within Disney's parks, experiences and products segment - accounting for 25 percent of Disney's US resort workforce
- Around 67 seven percent of the 28,000 layoffs were part-time workers, but they ranged from salaried employees to nonunion hourly workers
- While the company has been able to operate its Florida park at limited capacity, its resort in California has remained shuttered since the spring