Champion Of The Working Class Gifts

The blue-collar diner for white-collar people...

"We need a union!'

"You'll do everything...accounting, marketing, manufacturing...with no pay or benefits...and three years from now we'll trade you in for a newer, sexier model."

'Enough is enough. We're sick of being overworked and underpaid.'

"These 'ordinary working class' types, I think my scout at Oxford must have been one."

'It's a beautiful lighthouse. However, hauling the batteries up the stairs has taken its toll on my back.'

"We don't need no stinkin' unions...I saw it on the internet."

'Boss, there's union guys out there organizing the robots.'

Curate talking to miners

"He's here early and he stays late. I don't know if he's dedicated or just homeless."

'My union prevented taking away our dental plan to pay for executive bonuses!'

Equity Table Dance Club

Joe's Bar: Gentlemen must wear blue collars.

Employee of the Month - male.

Two Soldiers and a Navvy.

'Watch out or they'll shove higher wages and better life down your throat!'

Two men and dogs hang outside a truck.

'Er Alf what do you know Margaret Thatcher has died!'

'They're still ticked off about losing the cost-of-living allowance.'

Amazon Strike

"Do you ever feel like you're just here for the paycheck?"

'Just some ancient artifacts.'

Oilfield worker eating fancy sundae from lunchbox.

"But I don't need a reason. It says right here that I can fire him 'just cause'."

Curate tells two miners that he hopes to see them on Sunday. They reply that he is welcome to come fighting with them if he likes.

Together we have a voice. . . join your union today.

"I remember we used to talk in the staff room about Unions and what the point of membership was."

Union protects workers

"So I guess it comes down to whether it's you or me, and I guess it's me."

"I'd like to speak to you about an unfair labor practices complaint."

"I'm afraid we'll have to postpone our contract talks. Our new negotiator quit. he won't work for the wages we pay."

"If Walter Reuther had his way, there'd be a guaranteed annual everything!"

"The plumber is here."

"It's all very well to argue the case for the unions but in the cold hard light of day I think it's fair to ask what have the unions ever done for us?"

Labor Day 2011