Disneyland reaches agreement with multiple cast member unions on park reopening plan

Disney has reached an agreement with several different cast member unions to bring employees back from furlough when Disneyland eventually reopens.

US LIVE FOR US IN ANAHEIM WITHMORE ON THIS AGREEMENT MAKINGGOOD MORNING.CHRIS MAY GOOD MORNING TOBOTH OF YOU I WAS STANDING INTHE SAME EXACT SPOT EARLIERTHIS MONTH TALKING ABOUT HOWDISNEYLAND RESORT RIGHT HEREIN ANAHEIM SET TO REOPEN COMEJULY 17TH AT LEAST WE'RETALKING ABOUT THE PARKS ANDTHEN JULY 23RD, THE HOTEL WASGOING TO OPEN WELL FASTFORWARD, AND IT LOOKS LIKEDISNEYLAND HEARD THE UNIONLOUD AND CLEAR REPRESENTINGTHOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES OFDISNEYLAND RESORT BECAUSE THEYWERE JUST SAY NO GUIDELINESARE IN PLACE WE DON'T FEELCOMFORTABLE STARTING TO REOPENA PETITION WAS SIGNED BYTHOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GOING TOTAKE A LOOK AT A STATEMENTRIGHT NOW ON YOUR SCREENBECAUSE DISNEYLAND AND A NEWAD NEWS DOT COM.

PUT THIS OUTYESTERDAY IN ORDER TO REOPENOUR THEME PARKS.

WE NEED TONEGOTIATE AGREEMENTS WITH OURUNIONS TO RETURN EMPLOYEES TOWORK WE HAVE HAD POSITIVEDISCUSSIONS ARE VERY PLEASEDTO HAVE SIGNED AGREEMENTS FROM20 UNION AFFILIATES, INCLUDINGTHE MASTER SERVICES COUNCILWHICH REPRESENTS MORE THAN11,000 OF OUR CAST MEMBERS NOWACCORDING TO THE ORANGE COUNTYREGISTER THE AGREEMENTS WILLAMONG OTHER THINGS PROVIDE 2WEEKS OF SICK PAY THE CASTMEMBER CONTRACT COVID-19.EMPLOYEES WILL ALSO BEPROVIDED A THERMOMETER TOCONDUCT AN AT-HOME COVID-19ASSESSMENT BEFORE COMING IN TOWORK NOW WE'RE LEARNING THATTHE STATE OF CALIFORNIA NOTGOING TO ISSUE THEME PARK ANDHOTEL REOPENING GUIDELINESUNTIL SOME TIME AFTER 4TH OFJULY.

SO THERE'S NO REOPENINGDATE ON THE CALENDAR AT LEASTNOT YET NOW ONE ASPECT OFDISNEY RESORTS ARE ORIGINALPLAN REMAINS THE SAME DOWNTOWNDISNEY DISTRICT WILL STILLREOPEN NEXT MONTH JULY 9TH.YOU CAN EXPECT HEALTH ANDSAFETY PROTOCOLS IN PLACE LIKEFACE COVERINGS AND PHYSICALDISTANCING.

THE WORKERS UNIONREPRESENTING EMPLOYEES OF THEDOWNTOWN DISNEY DISTRICT HAVEALREADY SIGNED AN AGREEMENTFOR RETAIL EMPLOYEES TO GETBACK TO WORK SO IF YOU'REHOPING TO GET BACK TODISNEYLAND RESORT IN SOMECAPACITY KNOW THAT COME JULYNIGHT YOU CAN GET DOWN TODOWNTOWN DISNEY COMING UP NEXTHOUR.

WE WILL HEAR FROMGOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOME ABOUT.