Disney workers are suing their employer, claiming they were fraudulently induced to move from California to Florida to work in a new office campus only to have those plans later scrapped amid a fight between the entertainment giant and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
The Cinderella Castle is seen at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, July 14, 2023, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. ORLANDO, Fla. —
Many workers were reluctant to make the move given their longstanding ties to Southern California and fears of uprooting their families, but Disney encouraged the move by promising a state-of-the-art, centralized workplace and greater affordability in central Florida, according to the class action lawsuit filed earlier this week.
Fong, who works as a creative director of product design, sold his childhood home which he had inherited. By May 2023, Disney told its workers that the plans to open the US$1 billion campus in Orlando were being scrapped and that the workers who had moved to Florida could move back to California if they chose.
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