Dumped amid coronavirus, former Bloomberg campaign aides sue for pay and benefits

Employees resigned from good jobs to take positions with Bloomberg's campaign, and they now face unemployment and the loss of their health insurance in the midst of the spreading virus, field organizers Alexis Sklair, Sterling Rettke and Nathaniel Brown said in their complaint, one of two proposed class action lawsuits potentially representing thousands of workers. "And they pledged to keep this promise regardless of whether Bloomberg won the Democratic nomination." Donna Wood, an organizer in Miami, said in a separate complaint that she was laid off last week despite promises of continued employment.

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