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Josh Eidelson
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Labor reporter for Bloomberg News and Businessweek, covering the present of work. Email: jeidelson at bloomberg dot net. (Usual disclaimers)
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    Josh Eidelson
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    Jan 13
    Scoop: Trump Administration is reversing its massive cuts to NIOSH, the agency behind most US workplace safety research bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Our September @BW feature on the sweeping consequences of those cuts: bloomberg.com/news/features/…
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    Josh Eidelson
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    Sep 18, 2025
    New @BW feature: On a budget of $1 per American, NIOSH conducts or funds most US research on how to keep workers alive & well. The Trump Administration decided to blow it up. bloomberg.com/news/features/… Based on interviews with 40+ current/recent staff throughout NIOSH, & dozens more
    US Reverses Deep Cuts to Safety Agency Niosh, Reinstating Hundreds
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    Josh Eidelson
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    Nov 4, 2022
    Scoop: Twitter was just sued in a proposed class action for conducting a mass layoff without the required 60 day notice
    Lawyer Suing Twitter Over Layoffs Says Musk Now Trying to Comply
    From bloomberg.com
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    Josh Eidelson
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    Sep 19, 2020
    Republicans have won the popular vote in 1 out of the past 7 U.S. presidential elections, and Republican appointees are poised to hold 6 out of the 9 seats on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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    Josh Eidelson
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    Mar 1, 2019
    "One advantage Ocasio-Cortez has over some colleagues is that she consistently attends even the most mundane committee hearings, since she does not spend any of her day calling donors for money." huffpost.com/entry/alexandr… @danielmarans @PaulBlu @AOC
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    Behind Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Masterful Interrogation Of Michael Cohen
    The questions that won the New York congresswoman praise were the combined product of committee staff expertise, collaboration and oratory skills.
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    Josh Eidelson
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    Oct 11, 2022
    Scoop: A former Starbucks store manager has testified that higher-ups shared a list of union supporters at his store and told him to punish them bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @SBWorkersUnited "Go through her files...I'm sure there's something in there we can use against her"
    Starbucks Ex-Manager Says He Was Told to Punish Pro-Union Employees
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    Josh Eidelson
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    Jun 14, 2022
    Scoop: Starbucks managers have told baristas their trans-inclusive health benefits could go away if they unionize, staff in several states say in interviews and a new labor board charge bloomberg.com/news/articles/… “I know specifically, you have used the trans health-care benefits.”
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    Josh Eidelson
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    Nov 30, 2017
    Laid-off Carrier worker Quinton Franklin: "I honestly thought that my job had been saved... That turned out to be a lie. So I definitely feel betrayed and defeated..."
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    Josh Eidelson
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    Nov 29, 2017
    New: Since Trump's election, the top 100 federal contractors have been offshoring a record number of jobs, says @GoodJobsNation analysis being released tomorrow based on federal data bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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    Josh Eidelson
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    Jul 8, 2019
    Exclusive: Amazon warehouse workers in Minnesota plan to strike on Prime Day, the company’s summer sales extravaganza
    Amazon Workers Plan Prime Day Strike at Minnesota Warehouse
    From bloomberg.com
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    Josh Eidelson
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    Jun 4, 2022
    Scoop: Starbucks is closing an Ithaca cafe where workers recently unionized and went on strike. Company cites facilities, staffing, and "time and attendance" issues. Union filed retaliation claim with labor board and seeks injunction bloomberg.com/news/articles/… "Blatant act of war”
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    Josh Eidelson
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    May 12, 2022
    New: My @BW cover story on how and why the the Starbucks union movement has spread with such stunning speed and scope, and what comes next bloomberg.com/news/features/… Reported from Buffalo, Boston, NYC, Virginia, Knoxville, Memphis, Mesa, Santa Cruz, and Seattle
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    Josh Eidelson
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    Aug 27, 2020
    New @BW feature: Staff were told not to reveal infections at Amazon, McDonald's, Delta, Cargill, Target, Cheesecake Factory, & REI, among 100s of firms that prohibited or punished talk of Covid cases or concerns,according to workers, complaints & documents
    Covid Gag Rules at U.S. Companies Are Putting Everyone at Risk
    From bloomberg.com
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    Josh Eidelson
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    Jan 30, 2017
    Spicer, asked about 5 yr-old: "To assume that just b/c of someone's age or gender or whatever that they don't pose a threat would be wrong"
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    Josh Eidelson
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    May 31, 2018
    Breaking: Boeing technicians in South Carolina have voted to unionize, by a margin of 104 to 65, according to National Labor Relations Board
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    Josh Eidelson
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    Aug 25, 2023
    NLRB rules that when majority of staff sign up to unionize, employer can still insist on secret ballot vote, but if boss violates law in ways major enough to require overturning the election, company has to recognize the union rather than having a new vote nlrb.gov/news-outreach/…
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    Josh Eidelson
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    Oct 9, 2024
    NEW @BW feature: "Who's Afraid of Lina Khan?" Based on conversations with 100 people - billionaires, service workers, agency heads, executives, VCs, senators, scholars, advocates, current/former FTC staff, & Khan herself, at HQ & on the road. Unpaywalled:
    Lina Khan Is Just Getting Started (She Hopes)
    From bloomberg.com
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