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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Alaska cancels all 737 Max 9 flights through Saturday
Alaska Airlines said Wednesday it will cancel all flights scheduled on the 737-9 Max jets through Saturday amid investigations into the aircraft’s safety.
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Boeing holds employee all-hands meeting amid mounting safety concerns
Boeing held an all-hands safety meeting Tuesday after reports from two airlines indicated Friday’s in-flight incident may not have been an isolated event.
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Can Microsoft become an AI leader and maintain its ambitious goals to cut carbon emissions?
In January 2020, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced one of the most ambitious plans to decarbonize of any tech company. By 2030, Microsoft would be carbon negative, removing more carbon from the atmosphere than it emits. By 2050, Microsoft would remove all of the carbon it has ever emitted since the company’s founding in 1975.
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NYT sues Microsoft, OpenAI for copyright infringement
Microsoft’s stock price and market cap increased by 50% in 2023, thanks largely to the company’s partnership with OpenAI and its big lead in artificial intelligence. But The New York Times says Microsoft is profiting on stolen work.
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Boeing asks Commercial Airplanes workers to return to office 5 days a week
Corporate workers for Boeing Commercial Airplanes will soon be expected to commute to the office five days a week, in one of the most sweeping in-person mandates from a big Seattle-area employer so far.
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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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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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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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The other reason Bezos may be moving to Miami