This holiday season, as you’re considering the perfect present for loved ones in your life, give a thought to what your hard-earned money will support.
For example, supporting companies like Amazon can have serious consequences for workers’ health and safety, your own taxes, and more. Here in Oregon, the Amazon facility in Troutdale has come under scrutiny for having a serious injury rate six times higher than the industry average. Learn more about the national campaign to stop Amazon’s corporate greed by checking out Athena, a new organization that aims to stop Amazon’s increasing stranglehold on our economy, democracy, people, and planet.
Below is a wide range of gift possibilities, from clothes to games to sports equipment and more, made by hardworking union members across the country. This list is compiled from Union Plus, the AFL-CIO Union Label and Service Trades Department (UL&STD) and the BCTGM website. Check them out for even more gift ideas.
APPAREL AND ACCESSORIES
Brooks Brothers (UNITE HERE)
Joseph Abboud (UNITE HERE)
Majestic Athletic (UNITE HERE)
Timex watches (IAM)
Naturalizer shoes (UFCW)
Nunn Bush shoes (UFCW)
Red Wing shoes (UFCW)
Danner Boots (UFCW Local 555!)
BEAUTY PRODUCTS
Avon (UFCW)
Caress skin care (UFCW)
ChapStick (USW)
Dove beauty products (UFCW)
Revlon (UAW)
Old Spice (UFCW)
GAMES (All made by RWDSU/UFCW)
Barrel of Monkeys
Battleship
Candy Land
Chutes and Ladders
Clue
Connect 4
The Game of Life
Hi Ho! Cherry-O
Monopoly
Mouse Trap
Operation
Pictionary
Risk
Scrabble
Sorry
Taboo
Twister
Yahtzee
SPORTS EQUIPMENT
American Athletic (Russell Brands) (UAW)
Louisville Slugger (USW)
MacGregor golf clubs (IBB)
Standard Golf (IAM)
Top-Flite golf balls (IBB)
STOCKING STUFFERS
Rayovac batteries (IBT and UAW)
Bic lighters (USW)
Ghirardelli chocolates (BCTGM)
Jelly Belly (BCTGM)
Laffy Taffy (BCTGM)
Tootsie Roll Pops (BCTGM)
Allan peppermint candy canes (BCTGM)
Hershey's chocolates (BCTGM)
See's Candies (BCTGM)
WINE AND BEER (Wines brought to you by UFW)
Chateau Ste. Michelle (IBT)
Columbia Crest
St. Supéry
Charles Krug
C.K. Mondavi
Gallo of Sonoma
Miller Beer (UAW and IBT)
Miller High Life
Miller Genuine Draft
Miller Lite
Milwaukee’s Best
Icehouse
Red Dog
ANHEUSER-BUSCH (IBT AND IAM)
Budweiser
Budweiser American Ale
Bud Light
Michelob
Shock Top
Busch
Rolling Rock
O’Doul’s
IF YOU'RE IN THE ‘BIG SPENDER’ CATEGORY (UAW)
Jeep
Ford Mustangs
Cadillacs
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