Be Sure to Look. . . For the Union Label

[Iaintliein]

Happy belated Mayday to our comrades (you know who you are).

http://pajamasmedia.com/zombie/2011/...s-full-commie/

[discreetgent]

Personally I find Cinco de Mayo to be far more fun.

[pyramider]

Ole'

[Taint]

when you are buying that coat, dress or blouse.

Remember somewhere our union's sewing,
our wages going to feed the kids, and run the house.

We work hard, but who's complaining?
Thanks to the I.L.G. we're paying our way!

So always look for the union label,
it says we're able to make it in the U.S.A.!

[Guest050715-1]

Originally Posted by discreetgent

Personally I find Cinco de Mayo to be far more fun.

Poking fun is so much easier isn't it.

[Guest083011]

This looks like the original spot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSbmJb8dHMY

and a later version (same music audio):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lg4g...eature=related

The singers were indeed ILGWU workers brought into a NYC recording studio to do the spot. They audtioned for the chance to perform in the commercial. The actual session was in '75 or '76.

[Iaintliein]

LMAO,
I'm surprised they didn't sing to the tune of The Internationale! Of course it was taped in the '70's, that was before the unions doomed the American garment industry along with so many others.

These marchers obviously haven't gotten the message. . . Che is dead. . . get over it.

[Marcus Aurelius]

Che was a cold blooded killer. He can rot with Stalin, Hitler and the like.

[Iaintliein]

Originally Posted by Marcus Aurelius

Che was a cold blooded killer. He can rot with Stalin, Hitler and the like.

I gotta get one of these:
http://13695.spreadshirt.com/che-is-...r-it-I11053159

[Taint]

Unions had nothing to do with with the death of the garment industry. It started in the '70s with the advent of offshoring most of the work because everyone loves lower prices. Typically, patterns were developed here, then all of the raw materials were sent offshore for the difficult part of cutting and stitching. Piece goods are brought back to the U.S. for final assembly and the addition of a "Made in the U.S.A." label. Voila, 3/4 of the jobs eliminated. The people thrown out of work were hardly the stereotyped overpaid union types. They were union, but these people were basically lower-middle class working stiffs. Want to know my sources? I was there. My familiy was in the rag trade since they took the 8:59 train out of Bialystock in advance of the 9:00 pogrom. I grew up on my father's laments about the death of the garment industry, and I worked in the factory where it happened.

[pjorourke]

Taint is right. The garment jobs that went to China didn't come from the US, it was South America. They left here about the time Sally Field made her movie.

And after they leave China, the jobs will be fully automated.

[Randy4Candy]

You guys don't throw something out of joint slapping each other (and yourselves) on the back. There's nothing here that taking a look at the "Global Economy" couldn't go a long way to remedy.

[pjorourke]

The only thing worse than national "smart guys" is global "smart guys".

[WTF]

Originally Posted by pjorourke

Taint is right.

Tasty too.

[Taint]

Originally Posted by WTF

Tasty too.

I don't know how you found out, but you are correct, sir. I taste like a subtle blend of Leonidas chocolate and new $100 bills.