Josh Eidelson
@josheidelson
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Labor reporter for Bloomberg News and Businessweek, covering the present of work. Email: jeidelson at bloomberg dot net. (Usual disclaimers)
San Francisco, CA
Joined February 2009
I’ll be off (and mostly offline) until July 28. In the meantime, check out this @BW feature investigation about the subminimum wage for workers with disabilities - Trump just scrapped Biden’s proposal to end it .
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Enjoyed talking with @MrSethHarris and @msainat1 about recent labor news: Among the stories we discussed:.
In a new @PowerAtWorkBlog Labor Reporters Roundtable, @BurnesCenter's @MrSethHarris is joined by The Guardian's @msainat1 and @business's @josheidelson to discuss the latest stories involving unions, worker power, & worker collective action! Watch now at
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"the legislation cuts about $1 trillion from Medicaid. and other health care programs. It reduces spending on anti-hunger programs, including SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program formerly known as food stamps, by $185 billion." @jacobbogage.
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“The Department takes seriously the concerns expressed by Members of Congress and others that it lacks statutory authority to unilaterally and permanently terminate the issuance of section 14(c) certificates,” Trump Labor Department says.
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Trump's Labor Department is withdrawing Biden's proposal that would have ended the permission some employers get to pay workers with disabilities below minimum wage (:
NEW @BW feature: The US gives permission to pay people with disabilities below minimum wage. Biden tried to end program. Employers urging Trump preserve it say they've gotten private signals he will. Based on 1000s of pages of records & 150 interviews:
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“The Senate Republican tax bill speeding to passage includes the biggest reduction of funding for the federal safety net since at least the 1990s, targeting more than $1 trillion in social spending” @JStein_WaPo.
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"Bootstrap Bio, created about 18 months ago, is working on technology to change the DNA in an embryo. Scientists and ethicists said the technology known as 'germline editing' is unproven and potentially dangerous" @sooo__phie @ikeswetlitz.
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"'This will be the end of New York City as we know it' is how his deep-pocketed clients are reacting to the prospect of Mamdani winning in November" @sridinats @nahmias.
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Lucky to be celebrating three years married to this guy ♥️
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starting in 15 minutes in Galerie 2 on the second floor
Excited to see folks at @IRE_NICAR 2025 conference - lemme know if you'll be there!. Looking forward to this FOIA session @SuzyKhimm, @martajewson & I will be leading where we'll discuss how people can lead us to documents,& documents can lead us to people
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RT @josheidelson: Excited to see folks at @IRE_NICAR 2025 conference - lemme know if you'll be there!. Looking forward to this FOIA session….
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I’ll go further - it will be fun!.
Good morning #ire25! If you’re here in New Orleans, come hear me @martajewson and @josheidelson talk about how to file better FOIA requests at 10:15 am. I promise it will be fun. Or at least - useful!
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Excited to see folks at @IRE_NICAR 2025 conference - lemme know if you'll be there!. Looking forward to this FOIA session @SuzyKhimm, @martajewson & I will be leading where we'll discuss how people can lead us to documents,& documents can lead us to people
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RT @josheidelson: “a goal of autofiction, which often attends closely to small details, is to cultivate exquisite awareness in the reader.….
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“a goal of autofiction, which often attends closely to small details, is to cultivate exquisite awareness in the reader. And it’s true that, while reading ‘Next to Heaven,’ I sometimes thought I could feel individual cells in my body trying to die.”
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“We are not involved in strikes against Iran and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region” @marcorubio says in statement. “Let me be clear: Iran should not target U.S. interests or personnel.”
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Excited to see folks at @IRE_NICAR 2025 conference - lemme know if you'll be there!. Looking forward to this FOIA session @SuzyKhimm, @martajewson & I will be leading where we'll discuss how people can lead us to documents,& documents can lead us to people
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RT @josheidelson: Under Trump, agencies are reconsidering not only Biden rules, but also older regulations that had been left intact during….
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"The founder of the sexual wellness company OneTaste was convicted in New York of engaging in a yearslong forced-labor scheme by manipulating employees and some participants in the firm’s educational courses." @ellenhuet.
Good time to read @ellenhuet's awesome 2018 @BW investigation into OneTaste, the orgasmic meditation company that's now describing the new federal charges against it as part of a "media-instigated campaign.”
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“General Counsel requested a bargaining order under Cemex … The ALJ rejected this request, finding that the violations, while including ‘hallmark’ violations of increasing benefits, were not sufficiently severe to warrant a bargaining order” @MattBruenig.
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