Josh Eidelson
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Senior reporter for Bloomberg News and Businessweek, covering the present of work
"It also seemed to seek to capture and direct a new White nationalism movement" www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... @chafkin.bsky.social
A Wall Street Troll Reinvented Himself as the Groypers’ Pick for Governor. The GOP Can’t Get Rid of Him
James Fishback isn’t likely to be running Florida next year, but the self-styled right-of-MAGA candidate is polling well enough to leave Republicans worried about their party’s future.
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I think this is the first time I've come across a company whose form for inquiries from reporters includes the question "What is the title of your project?"
"OpenAI and Anthropic PBC employees are circulating a petition that calls on the US government to support a mechanism that would help 'deliberately pace' AI development to prevent the technology from advancing too fast" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
OpenAI, Anthropic Staff Share Letter Asking US to Help Pace AI Progress
OpenAI and Anthropic PBC employees are circulating a petition that calls on the US government to support a mechanism that would help “deliberately pace” AI development to prevent the technology from a...
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Scoop: “Recent news reports about your office taking actions that appear to advantage the clients of your former law firm,” Reps Bobby Scott, Lucy McBath, and Ilhan Omar wrote to Trump’s NLRB GC, “are alarming and threaten the integrity of the agency.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Lawmakers Say Trump Prosecutor’s Amazon Deals Look ‘Ethically Dubious’
Congressional Democrats are pursuing documents from the top lawyer at the National Labor Relations Board, who previously represented Amazon.
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"How should bodies like the MSPB or NLRB, which are mostly adjudicatory but may also possess some other functions, be treated?...More questions, which have long been at rest under Humphrey’s, are sure to follow" Sotomayor writes in dissent www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Josh Eidelson@handle.invalid · last mo."A divided US Supreme Court expanded the president’s power to fire top government officials in a blockbuster decision that puts the White House firmly in control of potentially dozens of agencies that have long operated independently" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"A divided US Supreme Court expanded the president’s power to fire top government officials in a blockbuster decision that puts the White House firmly in control of potentially dozens of agencies that have long operated independently" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Supreme Court Expands President’s Power to Fire Officials
A divided US Supreme Court expanded the president’s power to fire top government officials in a blockbuster decision that puts the White House firmly in control of potentially dozens of agencies that ...
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Scoop: US labor board prosecutors are backing off from a case against Amazon in Georgia, defusing another “Who’s the boss?” dispute over the company's responsibility for subcontracted staff www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Labor Board Backs Off Another Amazon ‘Who’s the Boss’ Case
The NLRB, whose top lawyer previously worked for Amazon, has moved to settle at least two such cases in two months.
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"This is the first case litigated after Cemex alleging the commission of an unfair labor practice simply because the employer did not file an RM-petition and declined to recognize the union upon the presentation of a demand for recognition," judge wrote www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Amazon Ordered to Collectively Bargain at San Francisco Warehouse
A US labor board judge ruled that Amazon.com Inc. must collectively bargain with California warehouse workers, teeing up a legal battle that could end with President Donald Trump’s appointees reversin...
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Josh Eidelson@handle.invalid · 2mo agoScoop: NLRB judge rules Amazon must collectively bargain with @teamsters.bsky.social union at a warehouse in San Francisco. Ruling applies the Biden-era Cemex precedent, which Trump labor board appointees could overturn in this case www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Scoop: NLRB judge rules Amazon must collectively bargain with @teamsters.bsky.social union at a warehouse in San Francisco. Ruling applies the Biden-era Cemex precedent, which Trump labor board appointees could overturn in this case www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Amazon Ordered to Collectively Bargain at San Francisco Warehouse
A US labor board judge ruled that Amazon.com Inc. must collectively bargain with California warehouse workers, teeing up a legal battle that could end with President Donald Trump’s appointees reversin...
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Excited to be back for #IRE26. Eager to talk journalism (and/or working at @Bloomberg) with others here. And would love to see folks at our FOIA panel Friday @suzykhimm.bsky.social & Kate Martin with on getting to documents via people, and vice versa...
Excited to be back for #IRE26. Eager to talk journalism (and/or working at @Bloomberg) with others here. And would love to see folks at our FOIA panel Friday @suzykhimm.bsky.social & Kate Martin with on getting to documents via people, and vice versa...
Teamsters President Sean O'Brien was re-elected for another 5 year term after no opponent garnered enough support to get on the ballot, the union announces. "The Teamsters is now the most aggressive, effective, and respected labor union on Earth," O'Brien says in statement.
Scoop: In unanimous bipartisan ruling, NLRB rejects Amazon's challenge to landmark Whole Foods unionization vote in Philly www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Whole Foods Unionization Upheld By US Labor Board
The US labor board ruled against Whole Foods Market’s objections to a landmark Philadelphia unionization vote, teeing up a likely yearslong legal battle over whether the Amazon.com Inc. grocery chain ...
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Control freaks and sham contracting: Amazing reporting by @josheidelson.bsky.social on how Amazon, deliverer of 9 billion items daily, escapes responsibility for employment while controlling every aspect of their work. urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
What Trump Delivered for Amazon
The feds were pushing a landmark case about Amazon’s control of its contract drivers. Then the president put Amazon’s former lawyer in charge.
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"Did you direct any regional staff to pursue a settlement with Amazon in Palmdale, California?" @ilhanmn.bsky.social asked at US House committee hearing today (bloomberg.com/news/article...). "Yes, that is my job," NLRB GC Crystal Carey answered.
Trump Labor Prosecutor Grilled Over Amazon Deal in Congressional Hearing
Ilhan Omar pressed Crystal Carey on why she wound down a landmark case that could have held Amazon responsible for contract delivery drivers.
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Josh Eidelson@handle.invalid · 2mo agoNew Businessweek feature: A landmark case was unearthing new revelations about Amazon's intimate, intensive regulation of drivers it claims aren't its employees. Then Trump put Amazon's former lawyer in charge www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... Based on 1000s of pages of records and 50+ interviews
New: Citing our reporting, lawmakers today grilled Trump’s NLRB general counsel over her deal to settle a landmark case against Amazon, her former client www.bloomberg.com/news/article... Gift link to that Businessweek investigation: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Trump Labor Prosecutor Grilled Over Amazon Deal in Congressional Hearing
Ilhan Omar pressed Crystal Carey on why she wound down a landmark case that could have held Amazon responsible for contract delivery drivers.
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Josh Eidelson@handle.invalid · 2mo agoNew Businessweek feature: A landmark case was unearthing new revelations about Amazon's intimate, intensive regulation of drivers it claims aren't its employees. Then Trump put Amazon's former lawyer in charge www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... Based on 1000s of pages of records and 50+ interviews
Amazon tells vendors drivers should “help validate the customer’s investment by greeting them with a smile, being enthusiastic & thanking the customer for choosing Amazon” and also should be careful online to “avoid the mistaken impression that they work for Amazon” www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
What Trump Delivered for Amazon
The feds were pushing a landmark case about Amazon’s control of its contract drivers. Then the president put Amazon’s former lawyer in charge.
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Josh Eidelson@handle.invalid · 2mo agoNew Businessweek feature: A landmark case was unearthing new revelations about Amazon's intimate, intensive regulation of drivers it claims aren't its employees. Then Trump put Amazon's former lawyer in charge www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... Based on 1000s of pages of records and 50+ interviews
Amazon requires delivery vendors to adhere not only to its existing policies but also to whatever future ones Amazon imposes, which would then become “a part of your company’s contract with Amazon as if they were written in their entirety in this Agreement” www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
What Trump Delivered for Amazon
The feds were pushing a landmark case about Amazon’s control of its contract drivers. Then the president put Amazon’s former lawyer in charge.
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Josh Eidelson@handle.invalid · 2mo agoNew Businessweek feature: A landmark case was unearthing new revelations about Amazon's intimate, intensive regulation of drivers it claims aren't its employees. Then Trump put Amazon's former lawyer in charge www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... Based on 1000s of pages of records and 50+ interviews
Amazon creates leaderboards for each of its delivery vendors, ranking each of their subcontracted drivers bloomberg.com/news/feature... Amazon’s systems also use bright yellow, orange or red to mark “areas where a driver has spent excessive amounts of time,” records we reviewed show
What Trump Delivered for Amazon
The feds were pushing a landmark case about Amazon’s control of its contract drivers. Then the president put Amazon’s former lawyer in charge.
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Josh Eidelson@handle.invalid · 2mo agoNew Businessweek feature: A landmark case was unearthing new revelations about Amazon's intimate, intensive regulation of drivers it claims aren't its employees. Then Trump put Amazon's former lawyer in charge www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... Based on 1000s of pages of records and 50+ interviews
Amazon requires its contract drivers be “neat and clean", including “prevention of unpleasant breath or body odor, modest perfume/cologne, & clean teeth, face/ears, fingernails & hair.” It says each driver "represents Amazon to our customers," records show www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
What Trump Delivered for Amazon
The feds were pushing a landmark case about Amazon’s control of its contract drivers. Then the president put Amazon’s former lawyer in charge.
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Josh Eidelson@handle.invalid · 2mo agoNew Businessweek feature: A landmark case was unearthing new revelations about Amazon's intimate, intensive regulation of drivers it claims aren't its employees. Then Trump put Amazon's former lawyer in charge www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... Based on 1000s of pages of records and 50+ interviews
Amazon told prospective "delivery service partners" - vendors it hires to haul packages - to be careful what they call their company, because “Amazon may require you to change” any name it finds offensive or too close to its own lingo— such as using the word “Smile” www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
What Trump Delivered for Amazon
The feds were pushing a landmark case about Amazon’s control of its contract drivers. Then the president put Amazon’s former lawyer in charge.
bloomberg.com
Josh Eidelson@handle.invalid · 2mo agoNew Businessweek feature: A landmark case was unearthing new revelations about Amazon's intimate, intensive regulation of drivers it claims aren't its employees. Then Trump put Amazon's former lawyer in charge www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... Based on 1000s of pages of records and 50+ interviews
Morgan Lewis - the firm where Trump NLRB GC Crystal Carey was a partner who’d personally represented Amazon- is currently defending Amazon in a Cali lawsuit involving some of the same issues, at the same Amazon vendor, as the big NLRB case Carey’s pushing to settle www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
What Trump Delivered for Amazon
The feds were pushing a landmark case about Amazon’s control of its contract drivers. Then the president put Amazon’s former lawyer in charge.
bloomberg.com
Josh Eidelson@handle.invalid · 2mo agoNew Businessweek feature: A landmark case was unearthing new revelations about Amazon's intimate, intensive regulation of drivers it claims aren't its employees. Then Trump put Amazon's former lawyer in charge www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... Based on 1000s of pages of records and 50+ interviews
New Businessweek feature: A landmark case was unearthing new revelations about Amazon's intimate, intensive regulation of drivers it claims aren't its employees. Then Trump put Amazon's former lawyer in charge www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... Based on 1000s of pages of records and 50+ interviews
What Trump Delivered for Amazon
The feds were pushing a landmark case about Amazon’s control of its contract drivers. Then the president put Amazon’s former lawyer in charge.
bloomberg.com
"the agency’s decisions meant businesses could pocket millions they’d already agreed to refund to consumers, and avoid costly monitoring & compliance. Companies also may have escaped penalties from ongoing lawsuits that alleged billions of dollars in consumer harm" www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Trump’s Consumer Watchdog Lets Big Business Out of Millions Owed
Russell Vought has gutted the CFPB, and in dozens of cases refused to enforce settlements and pursue lawsuits to the benefit of companies like Walmart, Toyota and others.
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I know every profession has its weird lingo, but I can't help but think there's a better term than "unpublished decision" for a type of decision that is, um, published
“One of the lies people tell is, ‘I don’t like to say I told you so.’ It is in fact one of the few pleasures that improve with age. I don’t have to take a pill before, during or after I do it,” Barney Frank told me at the start of a 2013 interview www.salon.com/2013/10/15/b...
Boehner's "a disaster," Cruz an "intelligent fool," and heroin should be legal: Barney Frank talks to Salon - Salon.com
Former congressman Barney Frank slams ex-colleagues, questions banks' clout, and predicts how the shutdown will end
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"The most generous package would award him 1 billion restricted shares if SpaceX’s market capitalization exceeds $7.5 trillion... But SpaceX must have first established a permanent human colony on Mars, with at least 1 million people" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Musk’s Trillionaire Milestone Is Step Closer With SpaceX Filing
Among the many takeaways from one of the most hotly anticipated company filings of all time is this: Elon Musk is all but certain to be the world’s first trillionaire.
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“Before saying hello, I say: ‘Volume growth, positive mix, consistent growth margin expansion for profit growth in hard currency’” www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... @matthewboyle.bsky.social
CEOs Are Getting Ruthless About Worker Performance
The way Unilever Plc Chief Executive Officer Fernando Fernandez starts every meeting at the consumer products maker says a lot about the mindset of corporate bosses who fear their companies have lost ...
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