Champion Of Workers T-Shirts

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

The International and May Day Terrorism

"We need a union!'

The role of administration.

"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."

"But if you were a real boy you wouldn't be allowed to work such long hours."

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

"Look - we'll whistle when it's fifteen dollars an hour."

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

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

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

'Let's be fair and take a vote - how many here think we need a minimum wage increase?'

Labor abuse

I've formed a union and I demand fair pay. You hear that, people? This guy wants to destroy the country. He's using a union to demand wage hikes and benefits while the rest of us toil and suffer. If I give him a raise, all of our pastry prices will rise. What do you say to that? Boo. Hiss. Send him back to Russia, in 1960. You should go, they're going to pelt me with food. Thank you. You'll never know what this means to me.

Employee of the Month - male.

Balance

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

"We sent you to infiltrate the employees as undercover boss. We didn't think you'd convert to unionism!"

"It's a remarkable find...evidence of human habitation that dates to ancient history!"

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

'How's that non-union job working out, Charlie?

Amazon Strike

"Thanks for doing this essential work. In exchange we'll keep giving you no salary, no pension, no healthcare and no respect. Sounds good?"

"If you call in sick, a portion of your pay will be deducted to pay your temp."

"All right, get out there and mingle with the pickets and find out what they're saying about me."

Labor day has union written all over it!"

Food stamps: 'The boss said we didn't need a union, he'd take care of our retirement.'

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

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."

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

'...You're redundant so we'll have to let you go.'

Old organizers never die: 'If anyone ever needed a union - it's you caretakers!'

Labor Day 2011

"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?"