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Ex-Bloomberg Campaign Workers Win Collective Action Cert.

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

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,” …

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Bloomberg to pay laid-off staffers’ health care through November amid lawsuits, public pressure

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 …

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Laid off Bloomberg staffers docked taxes for campaign phones, computers

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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Ex-Bloomberg field organizer proposes class-action lawsuit against campaign

A former Bloomberg campaign staffer filed a proposed class-action lawsuit claiming that the former New York City mayor reneged on promises to pay employees through November 2020 whether or not he won the Democratic presidential nomination. Donna Wood, who worked as a field organizer for the campaign, noted that many employees left their previous jobs in order to work on the campaign …

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Former Campaign Employees File Class Action Lawsuit Against Ex-Presidential Candidate Michael Bloomberg

Former employees of Michael Bloomberg have filed a class action lawsuit against the previous presidential candidate’s campaign, claiming losses after Bloomberg reversed plans to finance a field program through the November general election. The move left 1,500 former campaign staff members across the country without jobs and health care benefits in the middle of the …

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Ex-Field Organizers Sue Bloomberg Campaign, Claiming They Were Misled

Former field organizers for Michael R. Bloomberg filed two proposed class-action lawsuits against his presidential campaign Monday, arguing that they and thousands of others laid off this month had been tricked into taking jobs they were told would last until November. The lawsuits, both filed in federal court in New York City, argued that the campaign had …

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Former Staffers Sue Bloomberg Campaign Over Layoffs

Former field organizers for Michael Bloomberg’s campaign have filed two proposed class-action lawsuits in federal court in New York City, making the case that the staffers were terminated after being promised jobs and benefits through November. One of the lawsuits, which is seeking a minimum of $48 million in damages, argues that Mr. Bloomberg’s campaign …

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Bloomberg campaign faces potential class action lawsuit for layoffs

WASHINGTON — Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign is facing a potential class action lawsuit for allegedly promising jobs through November to more than a thousand campaign staffers and then laying them off last week. A former field organizer, Donna Wood, filed the suit today in U.S. District Court, in the southern district of New York, on behalf of herself and others …

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Bloomberg Campaign Sued by Ex Field Organizer in Class-Action Case for Breach of Contract

Mike Bloomberg’s presidential campaign was sued Monday by its former field organizer, alleging that thousands of workers were duped into jobs and not paid overtime only to be laid off when the former New York mayor exited the race. The class-action lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in New York City on Monday, argues …

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