Labor History Mugs

"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?"

"Keep your money, sir. I'm on strike!"

World Economic Crisis.

"So many take-overs and mergers, nobody remembers who he was."

"Hey, I just consider myself very fortunate to be getting paid for something I'd be doing anyway."

"The election's over, Trump won, the illegals are being deported and I'm here for one of them there high-paying American jobs he promised."

"Of all the wet cement, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks in mine."

Congratulations Strike Over!

'I feel like I'm in a rut, too!'

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

Find out that man's name and give him a rise.

Bureaucrats held up by the workers.

Time Clock

You would have to work decades to make what many CEO's do in an hour.

"I don't get it. We work hard all day and look at this slug."

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

'This is just the first step -- next, I invent the Teamsters' Union!'

'It's a screaming ladies part.'

"Hey Eric. Do you think they're silicone implants?"

"To show you how committed the company is to ending this strike, we are moving operations to Mexico."

Scotland Yard - coal heavers singing in a public house

'But boss, this will keep my muscles from getting fatiqued.'

Maternity Ward "Just call me the Secretary of Labor."

"Homework is work, and work without breaks is a federal offense that can be reported to the labor board."

Bootmaker upset over the death of a long term customer

Mattress makers picketing in front of factory are sleepwalking.

"I just hit the lottery for a million bucks, so today I'm going to punch that timeclock for the last time."

"What's it like, working with your hands?"

'We've decided to call off our go-slow.'

"And tonight we’re offering 5-1 odds on a kitchen strike."

"Our founders built this company on a certain set of principles. But since they're all dead and nobody wrote anything down, looks like we're screwed."

'Well, if you consider normal corporate surveillance, interrogation, and harassment 'union-busting,', nothing I have to say will change your mind.'

Transparency and big business.