It looks like you won’t see Saigon Grill deliverymen picketing on the sidewalk anymore — according to the Times, a judge has finally ruled that 28 deliverymen who were illegally fired for organizing a labor lawsuit can go back to work at the minimum wage of $4.85 an hour, rather than the $1.60 per hour some workers were apparently paid during 75-hour work weeks. Saigon Grill plans to appeal, though you’d think this snowy, slushy day — if nothing else — would force them to admit they might not be paying their deliverymen enough.

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The protestors take Saigon.Photo: Shanna Ravindra

Update, 6:14 p.m.: Sit-in ends after 45 minutes, with the NYPD ordering protesters out of the Vietnamese eatery. Jamie Chen, whom we spoke with earlier, tells us that she and her fellow students took over most of the tables on first floor. There were no arrests. The protesters joined noisy demonstrators outside, chanting “Boycott Saigon Grill.”

Update, 5:49 p.m.: Students, many wearing red, have taken over a number of tables inside the restaurant while television cameras whir.

In a planned demonstration reminiscent of sixties campus radicalism, at least 100 students citywide are expected to stage a protest shortly after 5 p.m. today in front of the trendy Saigon Grill on University Place. The demonstration is a statement against the lockout of some 33 delivery workers who refused to sign in March what they claimed was an illegal contract from owner Simon Nget, a Chinese-Cambodian refugee who also runs an Upper West Side Asian eatery by the same name. The protest is “definitely student generated and initiated,” says Jamie Chen, 20, a Columbia student reached during finals. She says her fellow activist Christina Chen,19, held a teach-in at Columbia’s Hamilton Hall a couple of weeks ago “to talk about the abuses” at the restaurant “and a lot of people want to do something about it.”

It’s not just Daniel Boulud with labor troubles these days: The humble Saigon Grill on the Upper West Side faced 75 demonstrators earlier today after the owner locked out 22 deliverymen Friday night. (The workers had refused to sign away their right to sue for wages they claim they’re owed.) Get the details — and the cold, hungry customer’s perspective — on Daily Intel.

Labor Troubles at Saigon Grill Mean No Delivery for You [Daily Intel]