About Josh Eidelson

Josh Eidelson is a senior reporter for Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Businessweek, covering the workplace (the “present of work”).

Eidelson’s reporting is frequently cited by lawmakers, regulators, and scholars. The president of the largest US federal employee union resigned after he revealed allegations of sexual harassment. The country’s most ubiquitous retailer replaced its CEO and agreed to systemic changes after he uncovered unsafe conditions in its stores. The Trump Administration rolled back its gutting of the government’s workplace safety research agency after he exposed the impact of the cuts.

His work has been honored by groups including UCLA Anderson’s Loeb Foundation; the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW); the Sidney Hillman Foundation; the Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA); the New York Labor History Association; the San Francisco Press Club; and the Northern California, Western Washington, and New York chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists. He welcomes tips at jeidelson@bloomberg.net.

Eidelson was previously a reporter for Salon, and has written for outlets including Reuters, Slate, and the Washington Post. After receiving his MA in Political Science from Yale, Eidelson spent five years as a union organizer in California and Pennsylvania. He is based in San Francisco.