To: Union Made Clothing
"Union Made": Stop Misrepresenting Hard Working Americans
If you're going to call yourself "Union Made," then actually act like a union and make your products in unionized factories.
The union brand is a strong one that hard-working men and women created. Stop taking advantage of it or change your name.
The union brand is a strong one that hard-working men and women created. Stop taking advantage of it or change your name.
Why is this important?
On their website, this is what "Union Made" says about what their name means:
"The name 'Union Made' was conceived around the notion of well-made and aesthetically classic goods. It also conveys what we are about: collaborating, uniting and making things together. While some of what we sell does come from union shops, that's a happy coincidence. We are interested in well-made American style and aesthetically classic goods, many of which are made in the United States, but we're not affiliated with any unions, other than the unions, civil and otherwise, that tie us all together."
They are misrepresenting the strong brand that working men and women have built in America by selling many products that are made in sweat shops and by workers who are paid incredibly low wages and work in terrible, dangerous working conditions.
"Union Made," change your name and stop calling yourself a union when you refuse to actually act like one.
"The name 'Union Made' was conceived around the notion of well-made and aesthetically classic goods. It also conveys what we are about: collaborating, uniting and making things together. While some of what we sell does come from union shops, that's a happy coincidence. We are interested in well-made American style and aesthetically classic goods, many of which are made in the United States, but we're not affiliated with any unions, other than the unions, civil and otherwise, that tie us all together."
They are misrepresenting the strong brand that working men and women have built in America by selling many products that are made in sweat shops and by workers who are paid incredibly low wages and work in terrible, dangerous working conditions.
"Union Made," change your name and stop calling yourself a union when you refuse to actually act like one.