Monica Nickelsburg
Labor & Economy Reporter
About
Monica Nickelsburg is an economy reporter covering labor issues, the changing nature of work, the rise and fall of industries, technology trends, and workplace equity. She has extensive experience covering Amazon, Microsoft, and other major players re-shaping the Seattle region.
Monica spent six years covering the intersection of technology and public policy as GeekWire’s civic editor. As a freelancer, she’s covered food and sustainability for The Food and Environment Reporting Network, Civil Eats, Grist, and others. Before moving to Seattle, Monica worked as a digital producer for The Week and interned for NBC, The Daily Beast, and Forbes. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from New York University in Journalism and History.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English
Pronouns: she/her
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Business
Microsoft embraces unions with partnership on AI
Microsoft broke with its tech industry peers Monday by announcing a new partnership with the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest federation of unions.
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The second shift: Child care crisis forces families into grueling schedules
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Business
What Microsoft hiring ousted OpenAI CEO means for AI arms race
Microsoft is turning OpenAI’s leadership crisis into an opportunity.
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Business
Starbucks workers take to the picket line in Seattle and across U.S.
Starbucks’ signature holiday drinks may come with a shot of guilt today for customers sympathetic to the labor movement.
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Business
The other reason Bezos may be moving to Miami
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Business
What's behind PCC's decision to close its flagship store in downtown Seattle?
When PCC announced plans for a flagship grocery store in Seattle’s urban core, it was based on a dream of downtown that never came true.
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Business
Illegal child labor is surging in WA and across US. Sen. Murray wants to hold businesses accountable
A record 138 businesses in Washington were fined for violating child labor laws last year, the highest number in recent memory, according to U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, a Washington Democrat.
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Government
As fall festivities draw crowds to Skagit Valley farms, rules to limit agritourism sow division
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Business
Amazon unveils plan for ultra-fast prescription drug delivery in Seattle, other U.S. cities
Amazon is moving into a space that many brick-and-mortar pharmacies are vacating. The Seattle-based company unveiled its pharmacy and health care ambitions Thursday at an event in Sumner, Wash.
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Business
REI lays off about 275 retail employees as part of restructuring plan