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In reply to the discussion: My sister found these among my mom's old things [View all]delrem
(9,688 posts)47. This shouldn't only be recollection of some bygone days.
Union movements are the *only* democratic tool that workers have and that isn't 'hyperbole' (the latest go-to word at DU).
*Of course* I emphasize that unions of workers are 'organic', or grow out of the soil that "free association" allows. Workers unions have different functions in different climates or environs.
But nothing, nothing, nothing substitutes for worker's unions, in politics.
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When I was a kid, we were asked to roll our sleeves up to support the local paper mill's union.
tecelote
Sep 2013
#30
I remember those labels. "Symbol of decency, fair labor standards, and the American way of life."
Hekate
Sep 2013
#2
I shop mainly in thrift stores and find more union labels and made in America tags
mountain grammy
Sep 2013
#22
From the days when even the wealthy realized no one is a truly self-made success.
VPStoltz
Sep 2013
#52