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Workers at Vietnamese restaurant Saigon Grill have gone on strike - and have also been locked out by the owners - for over two weeks. Now, the workers have filed a lawsuit against Saigon Grill for a wide range of labor violations.

The Post kicks off Radiohead's two nights at Madison Square Garden by talking to people who hate Radiohead but have been afraid to admit it because Radiohead are critically beloved and "cool." An entertainment editor says, "Hating Radiohead is the hipster's dirty little secret," and Spin writer Chuck Klosterman, though a fan, can understand the hate as well. "There's definitely now a symbolic value to saying you hate Radiohead - even Kid Rock makes a big deal about hating Radiohead. He even has a video where he's literally using toilet paper with the word 'Radiohead' embossed on it." Kid Rock? Using Kid Rock in an argument about hating Radiohead is like knowing Brett Ratner hates David Lynch - it doesn't matter at all.

An article in the Post this morning charges that teachers at Stuyvesant H.S. are unqualified to be teaching at such a prestigious school. The argument goes that at least half of all the teacher vacancies at Stuy have to be filled by seniority transfers, and the teachers coming in that way aren't exactly the brightest stars in the heavens. Now, this might all be true- Gothamist's first job out of college was teaching science at Stuy, and I definitely noticed one or two teachers who didn't belong there. But what the hell- if you want to get into the details, I really wasn't qualified to teach there either. Teachers in glass classrooms shouldn't throw stones, I always say.