New York City Informer

Doug Meszler / Splash NewsPolice evacuated buildings after a crane in midtown collapsed during Hurricane Sandy. Workers today are replacing the crane. Workers hoisted a new crane to the top of the swanky One57 project today, replacing the crane that toppled during Hurricane Sandy. Hardhats began the lift around 4 a… NY Post: Manhattan

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Rescue workers in Bangladesh freed a woman buried for 17 days inside a prayer room in the wreckage of a collapsed garment factory building.      New York News – NY Daily News

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The New York City Council voted 45-3 to approve landmark legislation that will require businesses with 20 or more workers to provide five paid sick days a year beginning in April. WSJ.com: Newyork Main

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Snow, rain and gloom of night might not slow Brownsville mailmen down — but gangbangers sure will. Postmen are too scared to deliver letters and packages to one of Brooklyn’s most crime-ravaged neighborhoods, a US Postal Service worker told The Post yesterday. “The neighborhood is bad,” the worker said outside… NY Post: Brooklyn

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Kelsey Kudak Today, Department of Transportation employees were once again out in full force, scolding cycling scofflaws. Last week, as bike-share stations were installed, we noticed the swarm of yellow-jackets handing out bike-law pamphlets and chatting up cyclists as they waited at red lights. Were these bike-lane babysitters actually a deterrent to “Premium Rush” types? [...]

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Who’s going to make your Greek yogurt now? A number of sleepy, rural towns in upstate New York have recently been teeming with Border Protection agents in all their SWAT-like regalia, who pull drivers over at traffic lights and set up road blocks to arrest undocumented workers from Latin America who’ve been pulling fifteen-hour shifts [...]

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The National Labor Relations Board said it planned to file a complaint charging Cablevision with making threats and offering improper inducements to its employees in the Bronx. NYT > N.Y. / Region

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Fast Food Workers, Supporters Protest In NYC To Demand Higher Wages NEW YORK — Hundreds of fast food workers and supporters protested outside New York City restaurants Thursday to demand higher wages for their low-paying jobs, including about 60 at a midtown Wendy's who chanted: "Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Minimum wage … Read more on [...]

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The strike, sponsored by a labor-community coalition, is seeking a $ 15 hourly wage for workers at New York City’s fast-food restaurants. NYT > N.Y. / Region

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By their nature, compromise agreements don’t make everybody happy, but the new minimum wage deal that cleared the State Legislature is a particularly lousy compromise. While it will definitely help some workers in the short-term, it will leave taxpayers subsidizing age discrimination and create a new “maximum wage” that keeps people in poverty. Here’s why [...]

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New York City fast food workers plan a second job action day to press for higher wages. WNYW – Local News

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Melinda Katz secured the endorsement of the state’s largest grocery workers union in her run to be the next Queens borough president. The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1500, which has 23,000 members, including 10,000 in the five boroughs, will announce today that it is backing Katz, a former New York City councilwoman. Bruce [...]

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USPS workers, Raging Grannies, and politicians rallied against proposed cuts to postal service Sunday. Home Page Top Stories on DNAINFO.com – Sunday, March 24, 2013 | 10:34pm

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