Labor Rights Champion Gifts

Labor Day 2011

'Until we joined the union we didn't have a leg to stand on!'

'I'm in favor of lifting restrictions on immigration - they're willing to work cheap with no benefits.'

'The boss said we didn't need a union- he'd take care of us...'

All non-union workers ask for and can expect is a fair shake.

"Did you hear about the Detroit teachers staging a sick-out to protest budget cuts and not getting paid..."

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

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."

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

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

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

"We'll take a 10% cut in benefits if you'll take a 10% cut in stock options."

Worker Rights and the Smoking Ban

Capitalism: Creates, Jobs & Wealth.

"Leave it to humans - making robotics do the striking."

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

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

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

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

'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...

A worker is crossing a 'Labor Unions' Bridge - It is starting to come apart.

"Thank you for coming in on your day off, minion. It reflects well on your character." "I thought my job depended on it." "I don't know how you got that impression. I would never force you to come in on your day off. That would be illegal." "You said 'Come in on your day off. Your job depends on it.'" "Rudy, Rudy, Rudy... That's just a figure of speech." "You went on to say 'I mean it. That's not just a figure of speech.'" "That was a figure of speech too."

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

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

"As a show of our commitment to your right to work, we're happy to offer you a contract that meets all your demands."

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

'The union card does it every time.'

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

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