Ex Gorilla Coffee Workers Stop Being Polite And Start Getting Real; Hire Attorney Martin Garbus

Whoa. Check and Mate!

Remember all those former pissed-off Gorilla workers who staged that big Norma Rae type walkout this Summer? Right, well, if you'll recall, the fine folks at Gorilla decided to SUE their asses (along with the NY fucking TIMES!) over that whole kerfuffle.

The laswuit, is obvs, beyond retarded, and superstar trial attorney Martin Garbus agrees, judging by the fact that he's taken on their case. Garbus has represented a number of notable people throughout his career including Cesar Chavez, Don Imus, Lenny Bruce and Nelson Mandela, so he ain't really sweatin it. He's working with Brandworkers.org, and between them both, they're gonna fight the power and try to take Gorilla all the way down to Chinatown:

"Retaliatory, anti-speech lawsuits like the one from Gorilla Coffee have the potential to both harm innocent people who choose to speak out and chill the speech of others who would like to make their voices heard," said Martin Garbus.  "This lawsuit is without merit and will be defended vigorously until victory."

I've been on team ex-Gorilla employees from the get-go, but the fact that Brandworkers.org sent out a press release today crediting US with breaking the original story of the lawsuit (even if they don't link to us) locks me in for fucking life. Protests in the street!? Buring gorillas in effigy? You name it and we are THERE FOR YOU!