Employees at Disney are conducting walkouts in protest of the company's response to the 'Don't Say Gay' bill.
The organizers, who did not identify themselves, added that as a community they've been "forced into an impossible and unsustainable position" and they "must now take action to convince [The Walt Disney Company] to protect employees and their families in the face of such open and unapologetic bigotry."
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Disney and its CEO, Bob Chapek, botched their response to Florida's infamous "Don't Say Gay" bill last week. Employees at the company are now organizing a walkout.
A Twitter account called "@DisneyWalkout," as well as a website called "WhereIsChapek.com," have arranged a series of 15-minute daily walkouts to encourage employees to protest during their lunch periods. The action will culminate on March 22 with a full-day walkout.
The bill, which has passed the Florida legislature but has not yet been signed into law, prohibits instructors from discussing sexual orientation and gender identity with students in kindergarten through third grade.
According to a source familiar with the situation, the number of employees participating is unknown, but Disney's LGBTQ+ employee resource groups are not involved. Disney (DIS) declined comments about the demonstrations.
In an open letter posted on the walkout's website, organizers wrote that Disney's leadership's statements on the bill "have utterly failed to match the magnitude of the threat to LGBTQIA+ safety represented by this legislation."
"Primarily, those statements have indicated that leadership continues to underestimate the impact of this legislation not only on Cast Members in Florida but on all members of the LGBTQIA+ community within the company and beyond," the organizers added.
Last week, Chapek sparked outrage by refusing to publicly oppose the law, dubbed the "Parental Rights in Education" bill. Instead, business statements are "frequently weaponized by one side or the other to further divide and inflame," he said.
Chapek apologized for his original statement on Friday after receiving backlash from both inside and outside Disney, stating that engaging with staff "helped me better realize how painful our silence was." In Florida, Disney employs 75,000 workers.
The organizers went on to say that while they appreciate Chapek's apology, "there is still more work to be done," and that Disney should take steps to "regain the trust of the LGBTQIA+ community and workforce."
Late last year, several Netflix (NFLX) employees also went on strike over LGBT+ problems.
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