Labor

A Harlem market s selling HotHead Grabba.

Labor

Migrant Men Allege ‘Grabba’ Sweatshop Stole Their Earnings in New Complaint

April 23, 2024, 5:01 a.m.April 22, 2024, 6:23 p.m.

Weeks after THE CITY exposed a Brooklyn sweatshop where women say they got sick processing tobacco sold in local smoke shops, two former workers at a Queens HotHead Grabba factory filed wage theft complaints with the state.

Vendors

The Bronx Is the New Hot Spot for Street Vendor Tickets

April 12, 2024, 5:00 a.m.April 12, 2024, 3:30 p.m.

Summonses spiked there even as the numbers dipped in other boroughs since the sanitation department took over enforcement a year ago, according to a new data analysis from THE CITY.

Council staffers picket in front of City Hall for higher wages.

Labor

City Council Legislative Staff Union, Speaker Adams Reach Contract Agreement

April 3, 2024, 5:25 p.m.April 3, 2024, 5:32 p.m.

The deal, still pending ratification by union , would make the Association of Legislative Employees the first union of its kind in New York.

Labor

Amazon Warehouse Construction Injury Suit Settled for $4 Million Plus

March 22, 2024, 5:00 a.m.March 21, 2024, 9:56 p.m.

Case involved faked safety logs that claimed a licensed safety supervisor was at the East New York site when a worker fell through a roof onto his head.

Striking housing court tenant attorneys rally at City Hall while for better wages.

Labor

Striking Legal Services Staff ‘Hopeful’ as Contract Talks Resume

March 19, 2024, 5:34 p.m.March 19, 2024, 6:03 p.m.

The union representing more than 100 public defenders and other workers at the nonprofit Mobilization for Justice say management’s approach to the face-off has been “hurting our clients in court.”

The commercial space in Brooklyn used to process tobacco sold in area smoke shops. Feb. 28, 2024.

Work

Brooklyn Tobacco Factory Hit With Worker Safety Probes by Federal and State Agencies

March 12, 2024, 4:55 a.m.March 25, 2024, 4:49 p.m.

Complaints at HotHead Grabba exposed by THE CITY lead to Occupational Health and Safety istration and state Department of Labor investigations. Workers allege they are getting sick working 13-hour days for subminimum pay.

Labor

Inside a Brooklyn Sweatshop That Processes Tobacco for Bodegas

Feb. 29, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Feb. 28, 2024, 8:50 p.m.

Several immigrant women have filed complaints with state labor authorities alleging they work 13-hour days for far less than minimum wage, curing leaves sold at smoke shops to be rolled with weed.