Steel Mill Worker Mugs

'What the hell is PIG IRON?'

'Now, with this system you can do the equivalent of running a steel mill - keeping track of the quality of the ore, domestic and foreign orders, smelting processes...'

'The president's speech on how well the recovery is going? Well, make a left at the abandoned mall, a right at the shuttered assembly plant, and a left at the closed steel mill...'

"It's all business-to-business. We need some retail outlets."

"In high school, I was quite the star in metal shop."

Claus 2.0

"I'm going to need a little more for the root cause than, who'da thunk."

Polluted geese

Motivation to work

'I'm afraid that serves you right for not wearing your safety goggles!'

"I fear one day our jobs will be taken over by technology."

Another Turning Point in the Industrial Revolution. Ford Motor Co. On second thought, let's put the cars on the conveyor belt.

"Somehow, they get exempted from a lot of laws."

'I'm no expert, but I think we're a little behind when it comes to the latest industry technology.'

"We need a union!'

'No, this metal stress can't be fixed with liberal doses of antidepressants.'

Fragile stamper.

Optical Illusion Supply Company.

"I'm afraid I'll be replaced by a robot at work."

Axle greaseMarine greaseElbow grease .

Time Out For Teddy

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

"Well, son. . . here your dad makes the famous 'fresh from nature' food!"

Smoking Area. Oh, I don't smoke. I'm just addicted to ten-minute breaks.

Robot arm shows charity to a laid off beggar.

'The Easter Bunny has started outsourcing to us.'

Nuclear waste.

'You wiseaces who said, this factory would move to China are wrong! It's moving to India!'

Idle parts

Congratulations Strike Over!

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

"Before automation how did humans endure work?"

A new career for George W. Bush: taster in a pretzel factory.

"Come to think of it, I can't think of the last time I saw a monarch around here."

'Business is booming.' - at Uncle Bert's Explosives