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In reply to the discussion: My sister found these among my mom's old things [View all]H. Cromwell
(151 posts)51. Also my union
My 1st Union job was in a ILGWU shop in the coal region of PA. I then got a job at a shirt factory making Uniform Shirts for various police, fire, prison and US Armed Forces etc. I have since left that industry but my wife still works there. Years back the ILGW and the shirt Unions merged to form UNITE. Believe it or not the US Coast Guard uniform shirts are NOT made in the USA. Most of the work my wife used to do is now going off shore, while she only works 2.5 days a week in a Union Shop.
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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