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New pink slips bring Disney layoff sum in Florida to 18,000

by Mike Schneider
| October 31, 2020 12:03 AM

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Walt Disney World says it plans to lay off more than 11,000 unionized workers because of the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of pandemic-related job casualties at the Florida resort to almost 18,000 positions.

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