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Noam Scheiber

@noamscheiber.bsky.social
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I cover workers for the NY Times. New Book: "Mutiny, the Rise and Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class." us.macmillan.com/books/978037461081…

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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nuclear scientists help derail Reagan's Star Wars missile-defense program when they criticized it in the 1980s. Of all the analogies b/w AI and nukes over the past two weeks, that one may be the most relevant. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/b...
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How Scientists Can Shape Public Opinion Over A.I. Risks (Gift Article)
Artificial intelligence workers may have leverage to make the world safer.
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"If you’re a white working-class guy in an elite profession, you’re also facing pretty serious barriers.” Some very persuasive evidence that the "class ceiling" is a huge problem for white-collar workers. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/b...
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The Working Class Face a ‘Class Ceiling’ in Elite Occupations (Gift Article)
Being female or a person of color has long been seen as a disadvantage in hiring and promotion. A new study of college professors shows that class may loom as large.
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Another example of the rancor that engulfed American workplaces after 10.7.23: The EEOC has found that Cisco likely allowed harassment of pro-Palestinian employees. Cisco denies the allegation. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/b...
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Cisco Likely Allowed Harassment of Pro-Palestinian Workers, EEOC Says (Gift Article)
The finding by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said there was reason to believe that the tech giant subjected employees to a hostile environment.
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you're lucky, someone will eventually review your book in a way that almost makes you jealous of their insights into the material. It's fair to say that the historian Gabe Winant has just published that review of my book. dissentmagazine.org/article/muti...
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The Party of Baristas - Dissent Magazine
Noam Scheiber’s Mutiny shows that the labor organizing of the radicalized PMC is far more than a fit of whimsical proletarian roleplay.
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
More and more college grads are moving home after graduation. It reflects the combination of a lousy job market, high rent and the easing of a social stigma www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/b...
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More Young College Graduates Are Living At Home. Is That a Bad Thing? (Gift Article)
More young adults are living with their parents. The development suggests that they face a weak job market, but also that fewer face stigma in returning to the roost.
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Companies are adopting AI much faster than they can identify the blindspots that AI introduces. One example: Many are adding AI agents to their org charts as bona fide employees. But human managers check the work of AI employees much less carefully, increasing errors www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/b...
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We’re Only Starting to Grasp the Pitfalls of Using A.I. at Work
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
From the Economic Policy Institute: "In the long run, the college degree is losing its edge: Unemployment for young college graduates has risen in historical terms, and the college wage premium has been flat or falling in recent years." www.epi.org/blog/class-o...
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Class of 2026: Young college graduates face a weaker labor market—but a more mixed picture than the headlines suggest
Over the last couple of years, the overall labor market has slowly weakened—with many arguing that the weakening is most pronounced for young college graduates (whom we define as young workers ages 22...
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
George Will has some thoughts on my book today. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202.... His take on the young college grads I wrote about:
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
"Among the recent job cuts at Citi were employees who were part of the bank’s 'AI Champions and Accelerators' program... [which] involves Citi employees who perform their day jobs while also working to persuade their colleagues to adopt A.I. technologies." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/b...
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
My book on the college-educated working class is out today! Here’s an excerpt in WIRED about how the chaotic rollout of the Apple Vision Pro was the last straw for a lot of Apple workers. 1/ www.wired.com/story/book-e...
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How the Vision Pro Rollout Inflamed Tensions at Apple
Even before the headset’s release, the workforce at Apple Stores was under duress. Trying to get customers interested in the Vision Pro made it worse.
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I have a story up today about why young college grads are feeling so angry: It’s more than just rising unemployment and the threat of AI. It’s a deep sense of betrayal. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/b...
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Why College Graduates Feel Betrayed
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Thank you Kate! bsky.app/profile/kate...
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Are you using AI at work? Please tell us how! And whether it's make you feel more anxious or less... www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/b...
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Are You Using A.I. at Work? We Want to Hear From You.
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
More and more white collar workers are hiring heart rate variability coaches to get ahead at work. Is that a good idea? Maybe... www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/b...
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When Your Apple Watch Becomes an Office Taskmaster
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The ritual book unboxing… out soon!
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Trump admin abandons cases against big law firms that resisted its exec orders www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...
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Trump Administration Abandons Efforts to Impose Orders on Law Firms
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Dan Ariely, the best-selling behavioral scientist, reached out to Jeffrey Epstein in hopes of advancing his research. Then the relationship evolved www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/b...
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He Researched Dishonesty. He Got Friendly With Jeffrey Epstein.
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Some news: Workers at a Patagonia in NYC file for a union election. They're organizing with RWDSU, which kicked off the union campaign at REI a few years ago.
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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
In 2022, a group of SpaceX employees wrote an open letter asking the co to distance itself from Elon Musk's online behavior. They were fired and the NLRB opened an investigation. Then Musk funded Trump's election win. Now, the Trump NLRB has dismissed the case. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/b...
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Top Labor Regulator Dismisses Charges Against SpaceX
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The country's top labor regulator has dismissed a case against SpaceX for firing 8 workers who criticized Elon Musk. Regulators “seem to have lost their independence and mission to protect workers rights," said the Biden prosecutor who brought the case www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/b...
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Top Labor Regulator Dismisses Charges Against SpaceX
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Apropos of today's big layoff announcement at Amazon, I have a piece about why tech workers at Amazon and other big companies continue to challenge their employers even as the companies aggressively cut jobs. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/b...
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Despite Crackdown on Activism, Tech Employees Are Still Picking Fights
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Great review today of Jason Zengerle's essential new book on Tucker Carlson www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/b...
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How Did Tucker Carlson Get This Way? How Did America?
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Seems like a consequential appointment by Mamdani www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/n...
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
"Now it’s up to me to design some prophylaxis against any such future efforts.” An email from a manager at Snohetta, a prominent architecture firm accused by the NLRB of laying off 8 employees in retaliation for trying to unionize www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/b...
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Prominent Architecture Firm Is Accused of Illegally Ousting Employees
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Some news: One of the country's highest-profile architecture firms, Snohetta, has been accused by the NLRB of ousting eight workers in retaliation for union organizing. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/b...
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Prominent Architecture Firm Is Accused of Illegally Ousting Employees
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
One thing that would improve a lot of people's quality of life: an all-you-can-eat option for Substack. Or even a micro-payment option where you can just pay by the article. At any given time there are probably 15-20 Substacks I want to read, but I'm not going to pay for 15-20 subscriptions.
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Behold, the new RFK stadium complex. I have fond memories of going to the old RFK in the early 2000s. This version gives off some Empire Strikes Back vibes but still look forward to seeing it in person www.commanders.com/news/washing...
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Washington Commanders and HKS unveil initial renderings of new world-class stadium
The roofed stadium will be a dynamic, year-round destination for sports, entertainment and community engagement, integrating sustainable design practices and reimagining the fan experience through imm...
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Even if Trump persuades American oil companies to invest tens of billions in Venezuela, it's not clear how much that will help long-term. Venezuela and the oil companies tried that approach in the 1990s and it gave them ... Hugo Chavez www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/b...
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Trump Vows to Make Venezuela Rich. It Will Take More Than U.S. Cash.
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
You often hear that Americans don't want to do back-breaking jobs like roofing. Ronda Kaysen and Rob Gebeloff have a great piece explaining how the jobs actually became lousy and low-paying first, *then* Americans no longer wanted to do them. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
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Where Did All the American-Born Roofers Go?
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Since 2022, tech companies have laid off hundreds of thousands of people and many tech execs have embraced the ruthless management style of Elon Musk. Yet tech workers keep picking fights with their bosses, including a recent strike at Kickstarter. Here's why www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/b...
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Despite Crackdown on Activism, Tech Employees Are Still Picking Fights
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
I asked my publisher’s R&D dept to come up with alternative uses for my forthcoming book, and this was their best idea
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Over the past few years, tech companies have laid off hundreds of thousands while many tech executives have embraced the ruthless management style of CEOs like Elon Musk. Yet tech workers keep standing up to their bosses. What gives? I try to explain here www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/b...
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Despite Crackdown on Activism, Tech Employees Are Still Picking Fights
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Very interesting piece from @timothynoah.bsky.social on why so many House Republicans voted to restore federal workers' bargaining rights. Worth keeping an eye on how it plays out in the Senate newrepublic.com/article/2045...
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How Labor Scored a Surprising Win in the GOP-Controlled House
Who knew so many Republicans would support union rights—in defiance of Trump, no less?
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
"Meta built the data center, but Blue Owl was on the hook for 80% of the financing. Meta agreed to 'rent' the data center from Beignet with a series of 4-year leases, allowing it to categorize the funding as operating cost, not debt." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/t...
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How Tech’s Biggest Companies Are Offloading the Risks of the A.I. Boom
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Starbucks settles with NYC over violations of the city's fair scheduling law. Presumably the deal wasn't going to get better for Sbux under the administration of Zohran Mamdani, who has joined striking Starbucks union members on their picket lines www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...
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Starbucks to Pay $39 Million in Landmark N.Y.C. Labor Law Settlement
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
An alarming new data point in the return-to-office debate: Remote work seems to be raising unemployment for recent college grads www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/b...
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Young Workers, Eyeing Their Careers, Learn to Embrace the Office
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Interesting story from David Streitfeld about a writer whose critique of Silicon Valley came a few decades too early but is now landing www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
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The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Great conversation today on @kqedforum.bsky.social with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social, Aki Ito and Alisia Gill about what's going on with white-collar layoffs www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
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The 'Great Flattening': White Collar Workers Hit by Historic Wave of Layoffs | KQED
We talk to experts and hear from you: have you been navigating a layoff?
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Very interesting episode of the Decoder podcast, drilling down on the mechanics of circular AI-industry financing and what it looks bubble-like www.theverge.com/podcast/8196...
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What the rise of CoreWeave tells us about the AI bubble
The Nvidia-backed data center company that transitioned from crypto to AI is at the precarious center of the industry’s necessary infrastructure expansion.
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
From Tom Edsall www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
“They are making $120,000, $140,000 a year, and that’s not enough to live an upper-middle-class life in New York at all. And that’s the Mamdani voter.” Great piece from Eliza Shapiro, with a nice assist from Jonathan Mahler. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/n...
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Zohran Mamdani and the Revenge of the Struggling Yuppie
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
It's not that AI isn't coming for your job at some point. But the big shift toward automation of white-collar work is probably going to play out at small companies that grow into big ones, rather than at big established companies. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
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Mass Layoffs Are Scary, but Probably Not a Sign of the A.I. Apocalypse
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Worth keeping an eye on congressional retirements after last night's results. Dems had a pretty high number of retirements in the months after the 2021 elections. (Normally a problem, though obviously didn't end up costing them much in the 2022 midterms). www.npr.org/2021/12/09/1...
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House retirement tracker: Senior Democrats exit as the GOP is confident of a takeover
A growing number of House lawmakers have opted not to run again in 2022, but so far more Democrats than Republicans are choosing to end their service.
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Great piece by @jbjudis.bsky.social on Zohran Mamdani's worldview and how it's the natural next step in the evolution of US socialism that began several decades ago. www.notus.org/perspectives...
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Why Zohran Mamdani’s Socialism Might Have a Future Outside New York City
In 1973, I was part of the leadership of the New American Movement, a socialist group that would later merge with Michael Harrington’s Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee to form the Democratic ...
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
I have a profile up today of the transparency activist and Tesla skeptic ‪Aaron Greenspan‬, who's unearthed lots of evidence undercutting Musk's claims about the company. This is what it’s like to devote yourself to taking on Musk and Tesla www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Some actual NBA news www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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Live Updates: N.B.A. Player and Coach Arrested in Gambling Investigation
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I'm working on a return-to-office story focused on people under 30. Would love to hear from anyone who fits that profile. Feel free to weigh in here: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/b...
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Are You a Young Employee Asked to Spend More Time in the Office?
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
I'm working on a return-to-office story focused on people under 30. Would love to hear from anyone who fits that profile. Feel free to weigh in here: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/b...
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Are You a Young Employee Asked to Spend More Time in the Office?
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
CA Gov Gavin Newsom signed a law today giving Uber and Lyft drivers the right to unionize: nytimes.com/2025/10/03/b... But they're still considered contractors not employees.
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Gig Drivers Win the Right to Unionize in California
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Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
“There was a string of layoffs ... We see how everything is abused, the risk to the overall system. How if this continues there’s a real chance that people who are born in America won’t be able to get jobs.” Tech workers on why the H-1B issue blew up now. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/b...
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The Fuel Behind Trump’s $100,000 Visa Fee: Lost U.S. Tech Jobs
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