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News and Announcements
Ex-Bloomberg Campaign Workers Win Collective Action Cert.
Sep 4, 2020/News Items
A New York federal judge on Thursday conditionally certified a collective action by former staffers that worked on Mike Bloomberg’s failed presidential bid who accused the billionaire’s campaign of failing to pay unpaid overtime and reneging on a promise to employ them through November. Manhattan U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein, who is overseeing the …
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Bloomberg agrees to cover healthcare costs for former campaign staff members through November
Apr 27, 2020/News Items
Michael Bloomberg has agreed under pressure to provide healthcare coverage for members of his now-defunct presidential campaign through the month of November if they need it. “Given these extraordinary circumstances, the campaign will cover the cost of COBRA through November, 2020. This is aimed at supporting those who have not already secured replacement healthcare coverage,” …
Bloomberg to pay laid-off staffers’ health care through November amid lawsuits, public pressure
Apr 27, 2020/News Items
Mike Bloomberg is agreeing to pay for health care through November for the more than 2,000 campaign staffers he laid off after suspending his presidential bid as he faces public pressure and multiple lawsuits over allegations he let go of workers he’d promised to keep employed through the 2020 election. The human resources department for Bloomberg’s now-defunct campaign …
Laid off Bloomberg staffers docked taxes for campaign phones, computers
Mar 31, 2020/News Items
Laid off campaign staffers to Michael Bloomberg’s campaign who received their final paychecks on Tuesday were docked hundreds of dollars to cover taxes on their campaign-issued cellphone and laptop, three former Bloomberg campaign staffers told NBC News. The deductions came as a lawsuit against the Bloomberg campaign, alleging that the campaign fraudulently promised jobs through November, …
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