Josh Eidelson

Labor reporter for Bloomberg News and Businessweek, covering the present of work. Email: jeidelson at bloomberg dot net. (Usual disclaimers)

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Scoop: Trump Administration is reversing its massive cuts to NIOSH, the agency behind most US workplace safety research https://t.co/jJ8cWGctkE

Our September @BW feature on the sweeping consequences of those cuts: https://t.co/hcO4diM6ra

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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.
https://t.co/SI3abrQrHD
Based on interviews with 40+ current/recent staff throughout NIOSH, & dozens more

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Scoop: “Recent news reports about your office taking actions that appear to advantage the clients of your former law firm,” @BobbyScott, @IlhanMN, & @lucymcbath wrote to Trump’s NLRB GC, “are alarming and threaten the integrity of the agency.” https://t.co/9uXP7NANCa

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@BobbyScott @IlhanMN @lucymcbath Lawmakers requested records from Trump's NLRB GC regarding cases in which she had recused herself, sought ethics advice, discussed a pending case with a company, or directed regional staff to change their approach after an employer contacted the agency https://t.co/Bjq82V6QXw

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Scoop: “Recent news reports about your office taking actions that appear to advantage the clients of your former law firm,” @BobbyScott, @IlhanMN, & @lucymcbath wrote to Trump’s NLRB GC, “are alarming and threaten the integrity of the agency.” https://t.co/9uXP7NANCa

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New @BW 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 https://t.co/WhkEoRk0JF

Based on 1000s of pages of records and 50+ interviews

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"The super wealthy are accustomed to finding ways to shrink their tax bills. But with New York City’s new levy on seven-figure pieds-à-terre, many are learning they might just have to pony up." https://t.co/pQsvXtKkry @PaulinaCachero @BSteverman @ZohranKMamdani @GovKathyHochul

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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 https://t.co/QolpC7ChQ1

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"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" https://t.co/rf4Vv8XLsi

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"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" https://t.co/rf4Vv8XLsi

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Senate HELP committee vote on nominations of NLRB members (James Macy & David Prouty) and BLS commissioner is rescheduled for July 15, committee just announced

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"targeting decisions in three overlapping areas: severance agreement restrictions, the standard for evaluating facially neutral work rules, and employer speech during organizing campaigns" https://t.co/BuFHuRuXWt @MattBruenig @NLRBEdge

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“It is bizarre that such a historic event celebrating our amazing country is being villainized by the liberal legacy media, but their TDS apparently forces them to try to divide the people of the greatest country in the world led by the greatest president” https://t.co/VWcmjyNcVk

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Despite finding Amazon was a joint employer, NLRB official wrote, rather than issuing a complaint against Amazon he concluded it better served purpose of labor law to settle with Amazon's vendor, the company "that directly engaged in the unlawful conduct” https://t.co/IbxBT7bd0c

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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 https://t.co/MQtPGeWC6D

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Former NLRB general counsel, now representing the delivery driver who brought the case, argued the agency is now taking a “head-in-the-sand approach to Amazon’s involvement” that would end up “leaving the real actor free to violate the law again and again” https://t.co/E66jCItzmp

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

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 https://t.co/MQtPGeWC6D

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The NLRB had concluded in 2024 and again in 2025 that Amazon was a "joint employer" in the Georgia case, but is now moving to settle the dispute with the delivery vendor alone https://t.co/E66jCItzmp

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

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 https://t.co/MQtPGeWC6D

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

New @BW 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 https://t.co/WhkEoRk0JF

Based on 1000s of pages of records and 50+ interviews

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

“Amazon has repeatedly demonstrated it has no interest in recognizing its workforce or respecting workers enough to meet them at the table,” @Teamsters says. “But as the new ruling proves, Amazon cannot forever dodge its legal obligations.” https://t.co/oUP6PR4ZSd

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Scoop: NLRB judge rules Amazon must collectively bargain with @Teamsters union at a warehouse in San Francisco. Ruling applies the Biden-era Cemex precedent, which Trump labor board appointees could overturn in this case https://t.co/YCsuDnUyK0

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“We disagree with this administrative law judge’s decision, we’re appealing it, and we’re confident that a court will overrule it,” Amazon spokesperson says after NLRB judge rules the company must recognize the Teamsters in California https://t.co/Y0A9BscvCg

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Scoop: NLRB judge rules Amazon must collectively bargain with @Teamsters union at a warehouse in San Francisco. Ruling applies the Biden-era Cemex precedent, which Trump labor board appointees could overturn in this case https://t.co/YCsuDnUyK0

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

"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 https://t.co/qCx6t1pdgl

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

"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 https://t.co/qCx6t1pdgl

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

Scoop: NLRB judge rules Amazon must collectively bargain with @Teamsters union at a warehouse in San Francisco. Ruling applies the Biden-era Cemex precedent, which Trump labor board appointees could overturn in this case https://t.co/YCsuDnUyK0

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

Scoop: NLRB judge rules Amazon must collectively bargain with @Teamsters union at a warehouse in San Francisco. Ruling applies the Biden-era Cemex precedent, which Trump labor board appointees could overturn in this case https://t.co/YCsuDnUyK0

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

Excited to be back at @IRE_NICARf or #IRE26.

Eager to talk journalism (and/or working at @Bloomberg) with others here.

And would love to see folks at our FOIA panel Friday with @SuzyKhimm & @KateReports on getting to documents via people, and vice versa...

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

Excited to be back at @IRE_NICARf or #IRE26.

Eager to talk journalism (and/or working at @Bloomberg) with others here.

And would love to see folks at our FOIA panel Friday with @SuzyKhimm & @KateReports on getting to documents via people, and vice versa...