Labor Organizer Gifts

Individuals can and do make a difference, but it takes teamwork to really mess things up.

Your dad is a union man, isn't he?

Occupy North Pole

Post-it Notes Strike.

Right to work legislation strangles the unions.

Industrial action man.

'Bad news! After spending millions to move our factory overseas, the workers THERE have organized a union!'

Ten Reasons We're Against Unions!

When collective bargaining is outlawed!: 'To work here, you have to wear this metal collar!'

"Once upon a time and a half..."

Protected Species v Endangered Species.

"It now seems the problem with unions is not the people in them, but the people who aren't. "

'It's spring, Boss! When a young man's fancy turns to union organizing!"

"Sorry, I can't make any 'On Strike' signs for you because us signmakers are on strike."

Union Rep

"Fixed-term contracts, social benefits, pension plans, health insurance. . . we have nothing to complain about. And that's why we're on strike!"

"We'll just have to keep it alight with redundancy notices."

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

Hop to it! Attend your local union meetings!

"After you left, Fred,we organized a union. Now we have that healthcare plan you always wanted."

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

"I'm protesting to protect protesting jobs."

Every scab should have a dog.

"Sorry, Lou, but this one's better at stirring up the malcontents."

Motivation to work

Labour Protests

"This is what you end up with when you don't use union labor."

"If they freeze our wages we wouldn't be able to buy anything until it thawed out."

'It looks like a Union meeting to me!'

But I Can't Afford to Accept Economic Reality!

I'm not going to form a union just so you can refuse my demands. Besides, I'm just one guy. Work with me. Sign up with the Service Workers of America, then demand to negotiate higher wages and more breaks. I'll refuse, lay you off, bring in scabs, then eventually hire you back after you take a pay cut and sign away your right to collective bargain. C'mon, please. I've waited a lifetime for these circumstances. I'll do it for a raise.

'Union Army'-and all that comes with it!

Farmers' Union

"Everybody out!"

"In the interest of 'fairness' future strikes will have to be agreed by 83% of workers, their parents, grandparents..."