Disney Workers Plan Walkout to Protest ‘Don't Say Gay' Bill

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Disney workers are planning walkouts during their breaks every day this week to protest CEO Bob Chapek’s slow response in publicly criticizing Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” legislation.

As the state's largest private-sector employer — Walt Disney World outside Orlando had more than 75,000 workers before the coronavirus pandemic — Disney has contributed huge amounts of money to Florida’s political parties and politicians and has wielded incredible influence on the state’s government.

Multiple LGBTQ groups have said Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill will harm LGBTQ kids and educators seeking affirmation in the classroom. They "desperately just need us to provide them a safe place to belong. And instead, they're being demonized and used as political pawns," says Brandon Wolf of Equality Florida. Gov.

With his public responses being panned by some Disney workers and supporters, Chapek last Friday apologized and said the company was pausing all political donations in Florida.

 

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Probably not gonna see a lot of coverage on this from ABC7... 🤔

A complicit media spreading false information.

Gay.. I said it.

Leave the elementary kids alone.

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