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Why Disneyland’s Layoffs Are Affecting Star Wars’ Galaxy Far, Far Away More Than Other Places
Oct 29, 2020
Earlier this month Disney's division of Parks, Experiences, and Products announced a layoff impacting 28,000 people across the division. Over the past couple of weeks, we've seen more details of who exactly was impacted most by those layoffs. At both Disneyland and Walt Disney World, we know that actors and performers have taken a big hit, as live shows are still closed, even in the parks that are otherwise open, but there's another place that has apparently been hit quite hard by the layoffs, Batuu.
At Disneyland Resort, it's being reported that the vast majority of layoffs are coming from Disneyland rather than Disney California Adventure, and among those Disneyland layoffs, most have come from the park's newest addition, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge.
The reason Galaxy's Edge has been the focal point of the layoffs apparently has to do with seniority, which is something that cast members working the new land largely don't have. Apparently, Disneyland and Disney California Adventure work under separate union contracts, and so, any cast member that had been working at California Adventure, and transferred to Disneyland to work at Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, lost whatever seniority they had. And since seniority usually factors into any layoff, it meant that Galaxy's Edge was hit hard as that's where most of the "newest" employees could be found.
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