smoore

So what the hell, right? You all seem like an intelligent bunch I might as well throw this subject out. I'm putting it in "Life" instead of "Politics" because I think it's better classified here.

I'm staunchly pro-union. I believe in the right for all workers in all sectors to unionize and collectively bargain. Civil Servants are not workers. I do not support the coercive tactics of unscrupulous unions recruiting people against their will. Union should be a choice, no ifs ands or buts. Full disclosure: I have run scabs off of my job sites. I am not currently union.

Perhaps the union in America has jumped the shark, I don't personally believe that but quite a few of my fellow citizens do. I also believe that the only way workers in the developing world will get a fair shake is if they unionize. The unions in America showed the robber barons how the workers were going to take it. Not so well if it meant oppression. Bad for robber barons, good for workers. The unions built the American middle class.

I don't only talk the talk, I walk the walk. As of today the last vestige of oppression clothing I own can go to the garbage can. Well, not today but when the UPS package gets here.

I just ordered enough Wigwam socks that I can toss these crappy Wal-Mart socks once they get here. 12 pair, baybee! I no longer buy Levis (Bangladesh), I now wear only Carhartt pants, both jeans for casual and duck canvas for work. Yes, I have yet to work out my Sunday clothes but I'll get 'em unionized before they know it.

I wear Red Wing shoes and boots, notwithstanding the single pair of Merrill mocs I'm wearing right now. I bought them before I decided to have the courage of my convictions and I'll wear 'em out. Who knows, maybe Merill is union, though I doubt it. Besides, my last pair of mocs from Solomon (China) were absolute crap. They bruised my feet on more than one long walk and ceremoniously went in the garbage last weekend.

I'm currently wearing Carhartt t-shirts but figure I can find another source for a little variety, perhaps some humor. Oh yeah, I also drink PBR. Not because I'm some freaky hipster but because I'm an honest-to-god blue collar worker and it says Union Made right on the can. I can't argue with that.

Lucky for me this is the extent of my clothing requirement. I get to walk around pro-Union all day, every day. Well, excepting those court appearances and the occasional wedding.

So what say the TFP denizens about Union Made? For it or again' it? Why?

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