Fri Nov 30, 2012, 11:29 AM
Omaha Steve (36,071 posts)
AFL-CIO Demands 'Unionmade' Stop Its Fakery
Source: AFL-CIO
Attention "Unionmade": We're not flattered by imitation. What happens when a company that acknowledges its clothing is not union-made names itself "Unionmade" anyway? Count on union members proud of their reputation for quality work to say, "Give it up." In a letter Thursday, the AFL-CIO demanded that the apparel company Unionmade—which also has a logo suspiciously like the historic AFL-CIO “handshake” logo—stop its trademark infringement and unfair competition. The federation told the company to immediately stop using the logo (including not selling items showing it and removing the sign from stores and online sites) and change the store name so it “does not deceive the public into thinking that they are purchasing items that are actually made by union workers….” Hamilton Nolan at Gawker.com exposed Unionmade’s deceptive presentation of its products. When pushed, Nolan wrote, Unionmade admitted “some of the brands we carry are union made, many are not.” FULL story at link. Read more: http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Corporate-Greed/AFL-CIO-Demands-Unionmade-Stop-Its-Fakery Read the full letter here: http://www.aflcio.org/content/download/58731/831521/version/1/file/Unionmade+letter.pdf 
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 AFL-CIO Demands 'Unionmade' Stop Its Fakery (Original post) |
Omaha Steve | Nov 2012 | OP |
| Berlum | Nov 2012 | #1 | |
| SoapBox | Nov 2012 | #2 | |
| Poll_Blind | Nov 2012 | #3 | |
| woo me with science | Nov 2012 | #4 | |
| daleanime | Nov 2012 | #5 | |
| 1StrongBlackMan | Nov 2012 | #10 | |
| limpyhobbler | Nov 2012 | #11 | |
| woo me with science | Dec 2012 | #16 | |
| 1StrongBlackMan | Nov 2012 | #6 | |
| freshwest | Nov 2012 | #9 | |
| lexw | Nov 2012 | #7 | |
| TheBlackAdder | Dec 2012 | #14 | |
| ProudProgressiveNow | Nov 2012 | #8 | |
| TheBlackAdder | Dec 2012 | #15 | |
| limpyhobbler | Nov 2012 | #12 | |
| Sanity Claws | Nov 2012 | #13 | |
| reACTIONary | Dec 2012 | #17 | |
| bobthedrummer | Dec 2012 | #18 |
Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 12:08 PM
Berlum (3,970 posts)
1. Bain Capital (R) own this Ripoff, Inc.?
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Last edited Fri Nov 30, 2012, 12:08 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) Would surprise no one.
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Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 12:53 PM
3. Man that's fucked up. I hope the AFL-CIO prevails! nt
Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:23 PM
4. That's what corporatists do. They LIE and pretend to be what they are not.
Response to woo me with science (Reply #4)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 06:47 PM
11. +1. A list that practically writes itself
Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:02 PM
6. Or, ...
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Union Made could allow their shop to ... you know ... UNIONIZE.
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Response to 1StrongBlackMan (Reply #6)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:38 PM
freshwest (32,410 posts)
9. Best idea yet. And I don't care if it's in China or Bangladesh.
Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:18 PM
7. That is nuts. I certainly would have thought it was a union made product.
Response to lexw (Reply #7)
Sat Dec 1, 2012, 10:44 AM
14. I'm with you on that. Totally deceptive. n/r
Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:30 PM
ProudProgressiveNow (3,240 posts)
8. I remember the Chinese island of...
Response to ProudProgressiveNow (Reply #8)
Sat Dec 1, 2012, 10:47 AM
15. I believed that since the 1970's.
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Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 01:06 PM
17. Here is an interesting history of the AFL-CIO logo / trademark...
