Look for the Union Label ILGWU ad spot 1978 (Obama's nomination suit was union made)

[Omaha Steve]

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/28/125924/393/198/577460

by Elana Levin of UNITE HERE
Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 10:11:06 AM PDT

Tonight, the world will watch as Obama accepts the Democratic Party’s nomination and he’ll do it in a union made suit. Today the rest of the world will learn what we here at UNITE HERE already knew-- that if you bother to buy fair trade coffee your suit should be "fair trade" too-—and by that I mean union made. You can find out where to get your own union-made clothes at http://www.unitehere.org/... . And no, American Apparel isn’t union made.

* Elana Levin of UNITE HERE's diary :: ::
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I know you’ve heard it before, buying union made matters because only in a unionized workplace can employees have the chance to negotiate with their bosses on equal footing so they can have family and community sustaining jobs. Unions invented the middle class and the country cannot survive as a democracy without a stable middle class. But in the face of a Republican party that has never met a worker they didn’t want to sell out to a megacorp we need to hold our leaders accountable: do they wear their values or do they wear sweat-shop threads?

Watch the classic "Look for the Union Label" TV ad from UNITE HERE’s predecessor International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Aren’t like half the outfits in that 1978 ad back in fashion? I love it! I think I have that shirt she’s holding up.

And supporting good wages, respect at the workplace and the kind of good jobs that keep a country healthy never go out of fashion. What country would set up a trade policy to undermine the jobs of its own residents?! Which is one more reason to vote for Obama: he has said that he will renegotiate NAFTA to protect American jobs. Because its bad for the economy when workers don’t earn enough money to survive so they have to live off debt. I mean who could have guessed that one, right?

So tonight when you watch Obama make history remember that he’s not just here for himself or for the Democratic Party, he’s there for UNITE HERE activist Gloria Craven (who spoke at the convention Tuesday. Barack Obama is working America’s candidate.

And stay tuned for a new version of the classic "Look for the Union Label" song for the 21st century.

To learn more about human rights in the clothing industry go to http://www.behindthelabel.org/

[A HERETIC I AM]

1. The most unfortunate thing about that ad campaign...

is that the American consumer largely ignored it. If they hadn't, we would still have a vibrant finished garment industry in this country.

I remember those ads vividly. I even sang along with the tune, even though I had not heard it for 30 years.

[stillcool]

2. Me too! That was a great tune...

back then it was Levi's and t-shirts for me. I can't see how this nation can survive without manufacturing.

[A HERETIC I AM]

3. We still have a lot of manufacturing in this country, the opinions of many DU'rs aside...

but those industries have narrowed to producing goods with which we still lead the world technologically and with quality.

There are still plenty of those, BTW. There just needs to be more.

[stillcool]

5. Yeah...I guess it depends on where..

you live and what field of education you chose.

[nc4bo]

4. That's my mom's union- she was very active until the day she retired. nt

[yurbud]

6. this was all I ever heard positive about unions as a kid

[BrainStorm]

7. Proud union member KICK!

:kick: