Workers Prevail Against Gorilla Coffee's Anti-Free Speech Lawsuit
August 10, 2011
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Brandworkers and Martin Garbus Pledge Vigorous Defense of Gorilla Coffee Workers
For Immediate Release:
Brandworkers
Nov. 30, 2010
Brandworkers Hails Dismissal of Cintas RICO Lawsuit Against Unions
For Immediate Release:
Brandworkers International
March 11, 2009
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Statement of Brandworkers on Dismissal of Cintas RICO Lawsuit Against Labor Unions
"Brandworkers applauds the decision of federal district court Judge William Pauley III to dismiss all of Cintas's anti-speech legal claims against the labor unions UNITE-HERE and International Brotherhood of Teamsters as well as their labor federation, Change to Win.
Brandworkers Statement on Federal Court Injunction Imposed on Wild Edibles
December 19, 2007
Statement of Brandworkers International on the Preliminary Injunction
Entered by Judge Louis L. Stanton, United States District Judge for
the Southern District of New York Against Wild Edibles:
"The immigrant workers at Zagat #1 rated seafood wholesaler and
retailer, Wild Edibles, have won an important victory in their struggle for overtime pay and for their right to improve working conditions with a labor union.
Seafood company employees sue for overtime [Crain's New York Business]
Lisa Fickenscher
Published: September 17, 2007 - 3:16 pm
Wild Edibles, one of the city's top seafood companies, boasting two retail stores in the city and a large wholesale business, was sued Monday in federal court by 16 employees who say they were not paid overtime wages.
A group of workers and supporters announced the lawsuit, which is seeking class action status, this afternoon in front of trendy Pastis restaurant on Manhattan's Ninth Ave. and 12th St., one of Wild Edibles' wholesale customers.
Workers At Seafood Company Say They Are Denied Overtime [NY1]
Update: Pastis is no longer serving Wild Edibles seafood
September 17, 2007
Angry workers are claiming there's something fishy with the pay at a major seafood company which sells products at city restaurants – and they are taking legal action.
Posh Protest [Metro]
Food workers rally at Pastis
by amy zimmer / metro new york
SEP 18, 2007
MEATPACKING DISTRICT. The workers who filed a class action lawsuit yesterday against Wild Edibles, a high-end seafood retail and wholesale company, didn’t hold their press conference at the company’s Long Island City warehouse or one of its three retail locations. Instead, they stood in front of Pastis — Keith McNally’s fashionable French restaurant.
