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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.

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

Medicare Advantage Feud Looms Over Union Takeover of City Retiree Group

Feb. 26, 2024, 3:55 p.m.Feb. 26, 2024, 3:59 p.m.

AFSCME seizes control of DC37 Retirees Association, a leader in lawsuits seeking to block the cost-cutting health plan.

The Bronx

12 Hours in Concourse and Highbridge

Jonathan Custodio Feb. 26, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Feb. 26, 2024, 6:44 a.m.

Many service workers who rely on public transit to get to work live in these southwest Bronx neighborhoods. New affordable developments in the area are designed to keep rents reasonable for those who help feed and provide for New Yorkers across the five boroughs.

Building trades union held a vigil after construction worker Raúl Tenelema Puli’s was crushed by a scaffold at a Downtown Brooklyn development.

Labor

NYC Construction Death Toll Hit 24 in ’22, New Report Finds

Feb. 13, 2024, 11:00 a.m.Feb. 13, 2024, 11:26 a.m.

Non-union workers remain most at risk of fatal falls, collapses and other calamities, while safety enforcement staffing lags.

Impact Update

Heat Relief

Jan. 10, 2024, 1:25 p.m.Jan. 11, 2024, 10:38 a.m.

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2024 statistical finding developed by THE CITY: “When the temperature hits 85 degrees, workers in the City are 7% more likely to be injured on the job. At 95 degrees, this percentage goes up to 8%.”

A deliverista rides through Midtown with a DoorDash bag, Sept. 12, 2022.

Work

Food Apps Get Fresh Pause on Delivery Minimum Wage

Oct. 5, 2023, 3:48 p.m.Oct. 11, 2023, 3:27 p.m.

Advocates for GrubHub, Uber and DoorDash workers estimate $15 million a week in lost pay as city law gets appealed.

Economy

The Hollywood Strike Could Cost NYC Tens of Thousands of Jobs

July 20, 2023, 2:05 p.m.July 20, 2023, 5:10 p.m.

Work related to film and television production s for some 5% of all jobs in the city.

Deliveristas

NYC Food Delivery Workers Secure Landmark Minimum Pay Rate

June 11, 2023, 4:13 p.m.Feb. 17, 2025, 4:39 p.m.

After a 3-year campaign by Los Deliveristas Unidos, workers are set to make more than $17 per hour before tips — a compromise that’s left both app companies and some advocates dissatisfied.

Queens

‘Drenched in Fecal Matter’: Feds Probe Working Conditions at LaGuardia Cargo Company

May 24, 2023, 5:22 p.m.May 24, 2023, 5:22 p.m.

Swissport employees allege they are exposed to health and safety dangers inside and outside planes.

Work

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

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

Medicare Advantage Feud Looms Over Union Takeover of City Retiree Group

12 Hours in Concourse and Highbridge

NYC Construction Death Toll Hit 24 in ’22, New Report Finds

Heat Relief

Food Apps Get Fresh Pause on Delivery Minimum Wage

The Hollywood Strike Could Cost NYC Tens of Thousands of Jobs

NYC Food Delivery Workers Secure Landmark Minimum Pay Rate

‘Drenched in Fecal Matter’: Feds Probe Working Conditions at LaGuardia Cargo Company

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