RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Daily beats from a quieter Manhattan.

RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

Labor

Slew of Businesses, Including Starbucks and Shake Shack, Violating City’s Paid Sick Leave Act

The law requires any company with more than five employees to provide at least five sick days per year. By Reuven Blau Sep 2 5:00am EDT Sign up for THE SCOOP -Designed to keep you up-to-date with our latest reporting,…

BILLION-DOLLAR FRANCHISES ARE PAYING WORKERS CHICKEN FEED

One Chick-fil-A store tried paying drive-through workers in chicken sandwiches. It didn’t go over well. By Jim Hightower | August 24, 2022 Republished with Permission: The Roosevelt Island Daily News America’s stringent system of corporate capitalism keeps carving out new depths of…

Brooklyn Oil Workers Hope Strike Puts Heat on Billionaire Boss Catsimatidis

Gabriel Sandoval, THE CITY This article was originally publishedon May 2 at 7:07pm EDTby THE CITY Two dozen workers at a Brooklyn-based oil company are on strike to demand salary increases and better benefits from the firm’s billionaire owner: supermarket…