AFL-CIO Demands 'Unionmade' Stop Its Fakery [View all]
Source: AFL-CIO
Attention "Unionmade": We're not flattered by imitation.
What happens when a company that acknowledges its clothing is not union-made names itself "Unionmade" anyway? Count on union members proud of their reputation for quality work to say, "Give it up." In a letter Thursday, the AFL-CIO demanded that the apparel company Unionmade—which also has a logo suspiciously like the historic AFL-CIO “handshake” logo—stop its trademark infringement and unfair competition.
The federation told the company to immediately stop using the logo (including not selling items showing it and removing the sign from stores and online sites) and change the store name so it “does not deceive the public into thinking that they are purchasing items that are actually made by union workers….”
Hamilton Nolan at Gawker.com exposed Unionmade’s deceptive presentation of its products. When pushed, Nolan wrote, Unionmade admitted “some of the brands we carry are union made, many are not.”
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Read more: http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Corporate-Greed/AFL-CIO-Demands-Unionmade-Stop-Its-Fakery
Read the full letter here: http://www.aflcio.org/content/download/58731/831521/version/1/file/Unionmade+letter.pdf
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