DNAinfo reports that a workers’ rights group is gathering people at Saigon Grill (Amsterdam at 90th) today to launch a “sweatshop-free” campaign. “Justice Will Be Served” will hold a rally today starting at 1:00 pm, using Saigon Grill as an example where labor problems like age discrimination and retaliation against workers who have unionized have [...]

Farmworkers rallied outside of the Upper West Side Trader Joe’s store (Broadway between 71st and 72nd) on Monday to demand better pay and fair treatment for tomato pickers, according to DNAinfo.  The Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a workers’ rights group from Florida, organized the protest, gathering dozens of workers who shouted “si se puede” (“yes, [...]

After a series of accusations that workers were being underpaid and mistreated, well-publicized protests, and a court case that led a judge to order millions be paid to deliverymen, the former owner of the popular Saigon restaurant chain is in even more trouble. The New York Post reports that Simon Nget was sentenced to three [...]