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rgarito:
I just read an article about Disney.  They seem to be in this for the long haul.  Apparently they sent a notice out to all of their "castmembers" (employees) with various things including the fact that they are closing most of the housing where many of them live.  So basically, GTF out....

They employ thousands of foreign workers in EPCOT, for instance, for the various cultural things.  They're shipping those kids home.

From the letters they were given (they have been published online in a few places), it sounds like Disney expects this to be a pretty lengthy shutdown.  The things they say are not conducive of a 2-3 week shutdown like was being said....

I think we are gonna have about a 30% unemployment rate spike in America within the next week.  Only those of us in "professional" positions that can work from home and things like first responders and infrastructure (utilities) are going to be working.

And so far there is little news on the government assisting the unemployed much.  (we have things like unemployment but it pays you less than you would need to even pay the rent, let alone anything else). 

Now the head infection specialist in the government is discussing closing all of the restaurants and bars and locking things down/restricting people's movements/etc.  Sounds to me like my predictions of it becoming like Italy within the next week are pretty-much right on target.

rgarito:
A little humor (or not?) from Berkeley....

PlainName:
A cynic might think that Disney has figured ill employees are a liability and it'll be easy to find a fresh batch once everyone that's going to get ill has been ill.

maginnovision:
Not all employees are off. ONLY cast members(park employees staffing rides, suits, shops) maintenance and engineers are still working.

EDIT: Also to add Disney IS paying all of those that aren't working, it's free time off work.

Stray Electron:

--- Quote from: rgarito on March 15, 2020, 03:39:53 pm ---I just read an article about Disney.  They seem to be in this for the long haul.  Apparently they sent a notice out to all of their "castmembers" (employees) with various things including the fact that they are closing most of the housing where many of them live.  So basically, GTF out....

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    UCF in Orlando closed several days ago but they told the students that were in school housing that they could stay if they had nowhere else to go. (UCF is the largest university in the US.)

    IMO in the first place, Disney probably can't legal kick anyone out of their housing due to their contracts. Second, among other things, ALL evictions and power and water cut offs due to non-payment have been temporarily halted here by order of the STATE of Florida.  Third, even in ordinary times the only way to force someone out of their housing is take it to court and to get an eviction notice and to have it legally served and since most of the courts in Florida have shut down so that's not going to happen.  Fourth, in order to evict someone you have to call and arrange for a deputy sheriff to be present and to deliver the formal eviction notice to the tenant and I'm pretty sure that the sheriff's department would laugh at you if you asked them to do that right now.  Disney might have told them to leave but there's absolutely no way that they can enforce it.

   Evicting students or temporary workers right now is a really BAD idea.  Not only would is serve no useful purpose but it would unnecessary expose them and the general population to more potential infections.

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