Bloomberg sued by former field organizers in two class-action lawsuits

[left-of-center2012]

A group of former field organizers for Mike Bloomberg's presidential campaign filed two class-action lawsuits on Monday alleging that the billionaire former presidential candidate reneged on his pledge to pay organizers across the country through November.

Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York city, suspended his campaign in March after a poor Super Tuesday showing, but had vowed to keep his offices open through November.

One of the lawsuits claims Bloomberg and his campaign “unceremoniously dumped thousands of staffers, leaving them with no employment, no income, and no health insurance” during “the worst global pandemic since 1918, [and] in the face of a looming economic crisis.”

Their lawsuit claims they and other staffers agreed to work for the former New York City mayor because they were promised employment during both the primary and general elections, with the understanding that the Bloomberg campaign would continue to support its field offices through November.

“The Mike Bloomberg 2020 hiring managers at the campaign headquarters made such statements to field staff applicants, including the plaintiffs, when conducting initial interviews of staffers before such staffers interviewed with regional field directors,” the lawsuit claims.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bloomberg-sued-field-organizers-class-action-lawsuits/story?id=69753736&cid=clicksource_4380645_6_film_strip_icymi_hed

[zackymilly]

1. Bloomberg just can't shed his republican ways. n/t

[snowybirdie]

2. A great example

why billionaire businessmen can't be trusted! A lesson learned by these folks. And he'll have a cadre of expensive lawyers to defeat them.

[Celerity]

3. Honore de Balzac

from a serialization of “Le Père Goriot” published in “Revue de Paris” in 1834

translated

[Kaleva]

4. I wonder what their contracts say.

[thesquanderer]

5. Their only contract was probably an NDA. (n/t)

[sarisataka]

6. Funny you should mention that

In a joint statement, Peter Romer-Friedman, Ilaan Maazel and David Berman, the attorneys representing the three plaintiffs, said their clients would like to speak publicly about their experiences, but "are potentially subject to a confidentiality and non-disparagement agreement with Mike Bloomberg 2020." They also requested the Bloomberg campaign release their clients and other field staffers from this agreement.

[sarisataka]

7. I recall those promises of employment

being touted here, how he was such a great guy for guaranteeing employment regardless if he won or lost...

Was it wrong to trust the great white savior?