In the wake of Disney CEO Bob Chapek's recent apology for not doing enough to counter Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill, employees who identify as members of the LGBTQIA.
From their open letter.
The recent statements by The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) leadership regarding the Florida legislature’s recent “Don’t Say Gay” 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 still does not truly understand the impact this legislation is having not only on Cast Members in the state of Florida, but on all members of the LGBTQIA+ community in the company and beyond.
The protest action will conclude on March 22 with a full day of action. Disney came under fire for not only contributing to the funding of lawmakers behind the Florida bill, but also for censoring its own queer content. Many employees were required to move to a new company campus in Florida without the option to work remotely. Over 2,000 employees are being asked to either relocate to Florida or lose their jobs, with no options for remote work in states with friendlier climates to the LGBT community, due to concerns over the safety of employees and their families. It is not appropriate for a company that advertises itself as a safe space for the LGBT community to force employees to move to Florida because of the new legislation.
Along with the open letter, organizers have included a list of demands to publicly commit to actions that go beyond the current state of affairs.
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