Labor Relations Buff Mugs

BEWARE OF THE DOG!; 'So much for management's pledge to bargain in good faith.'

"We've had the meeting, Miss Wimbush - have the room fumigated."

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

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

"That's it lads, 364 days annual leave...what would we have done without our union!"

'As a CEO, I stand up for our rights. You've got the right to work 17 hours a day and if you don't do it, I've got the right to fire you.'

"We need a union!'

'You can't fire me! -- This is a right-to-work state!'

The Hockey World

What the woman who spent years frantically trying to get her ducks in a row eventually learned.

'It is a big day! Ten years ago, yout dad joined the union!'

Sick

'Where's the fun in being an employer if you can't spontaneously sack someone anymore.'

Worker Rights and the Smoking Ban

From Hunter-Gatherer to Influencer: The Evolution of the Dignity of Labor

"I like to keep things simple."

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

"We're striking for minimum levels of service."

"Watch out for Donlan. He came back from Tokyo with a black belt in collective bargaining."

'In grandfather's day, the government didn't coddle workers, and we got along just great.'

'Employee benefits? Sure, here you are!'

"The union is objecting to our 'grotesquely inflated' wages, do you think they'd settle for 'outrageously inflated' instead?"

'In this pyramid we are unionized. We don't accept more than 50 lashes per day.'

The Trans Pacific Partnership! Negotiated in Secret! No input from labor, consumer, or environmental organizations...

Pennybags Monster

"Goes to show ou can't please all of the people all of the time!"

Mattress makers picketing in front of factory are sleepwalking.

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

'The problem is, you don't take enough pride in your temporary, no benefit, below living wage job!'

The Verdict Is Union Yes!

'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.

'In other words, we want you to get paid like our union employees.'

"We located our factory in your country because there is no word for leisure in your language."

"When given a choice, a lot of them prefer eternal torment over being stuck in a 9 to 5 job."