Tokyo Disneyland workers seek pay during coronavirus shutdown

A labor union for nonregular workers at Tokyo Disneyland on Thursday requested its operator to keep paying them while the major theme park remains closed over the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.The union said the workers were only told by Oriental Land Co. before the closure that shift schedules had been canceled. It said it remains unknown whether they will be paid for the period they cannot work.Oriental Land, based in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, has about 20,000 workers and about 18,000 of them are nonregular workers, according to the union's website.The union said the company paid sal…READ FULL ARTICLE