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If you’ve printed out the “Do Buy” List from the Union Label Council, but want to go a step further, here are some gift ideas for gifts for your favorite union activist.
If you want to give your children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews a gift that is not made in a Sweatshop and that will help teach them the union values of solidarity,
compassion, and action, here are some ideas.
MUSIC
 Classic Labor Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
Various Artists
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - SFW40166 2006 $12.00
Songs of the American labor movement over the 20th century called for just wages, dignity, and a fair shake. They voiced grievances,
affirmed the value of the worker to society, and expressed hope for life in a more just world. Classic Labor Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
is a collage of these voices—champions of the movement, singing songs with a passion and love for their fellow workers that rings just as
true today as it did then. Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Joe Glazer, the Almanac Singers, and more chronicle the history of the American labor movement in stirring song.
To order from Smithsonian Folkways,click here. You can also order Classic Labor Songs and more labor music from the music section of the Labor Heritage Foundation website.
BOOKS
Click, Clack, Moo - Cows That Type
, by Doreen Cronin. Rosalind from Philadelphia writes: "It's a great story of cows that organize, find solidarity with the chickens and negotiate to get their demands
met. Wonderful surprise ending." The book is recommended for 3 - 7 year olds, was a 2001 Caldecott Honor Book and was named one of the Best Children's Books 2000 by Publisher's Weekly.
 Take This Job and Ship It: How Corporate Greed and Brain-Dead Politics Are Selling Out America, by Sen. Byron L. Dorgan, contends that while exporting jobs
may be good for the giant corporations, it is a disaster for America as a whole. Dorgan exposes the absurdity of our global trade policies and isn't afraid to name names.
Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement and the Bombing That Divided Gilded Age America, by James Green, offers a narrative
history of Chicago’s Haymarket bombing at a labor rally in May 1886 and the infamous trial that followed. Green recounts the rise of the first great labor
movement in the wake of the Civil War and brings to life the 20-year battle for the eight-hour workday.
Communities Without Borders: Images and Voices from the World of Migration, by David Bacon,
uses oral history and photojournalism to document the new reality of migrant experience: the creation of transnational communities.
Taking Back the Workers’ Law: How to Fight the Assault on Labor Rights, by Ellen Dannin with a
foreword by David E. Bonior, finds the effectiveness of the National Labor Relations Board has been eroded by judicial decisions that have radically rewritten the National Labor Relations Act. Dannin
offers concrete solutions to counter the attack on workers’ rights.
Blue Collar Jesus: How Christianity Supports Workers' Rights by Darren Cushman Wood
You can order these and other recommended books on-line from the Kansas Workbeat Bookshelf at
Powell’s books.. There are more recommendations for both adults and children. Your order will be placed with Powell’s Book, a unionized bookstore in Portland, Oregon.
VIDEOS
The Labor Heritage Foundation has a wonderful selection of videos about workers and unions.
10,000 Black Men Named George
Docudrama of the life of A. Philip Randolph and his Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Directed by
Robert Townsend and starring Andre Braugher, Charles Dutton and Mario Van Peebles. (2002, 112 min.) DVD $15
Salt of the Earth
Classic 1953 film about a New Mexico miners' strike with most of the roles played by the strikers and their families.(94 min.) VHS $35
The Big One Armed with a camera and a sharp sense of humor, Michael Moore asks why companies are laying off workers while they are reaping huge profits.
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Chicken Run
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A hilarious story of organizing in the henhouse, brought to life with clay animation. Voices by Mel Gibson and others. (2000, 84 min.) VHS $15
DVD $27
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998, 90 min.) $25
Bread & Roses
Gripping story of a group of immigrant workers who take a stand against the million dollar corporation
who exploit them. Cannes Film Festival Golden Palm Award nominee.
VHS $80 DVD $25
These videos and more are available online from the Labor Heritage Foundation. They also have
posters, CDs, and books.
CLOTHES
Union Made Youth T-shirt. “ Future Union Member.” “An Owie to One Is An Owie to All” “ Union Made”
Available in sizes Estra-small (2-4), Small (6-8), Medium (8-10), and Large (12-13) $11.95 for all sizes. Northland Poster Collective PO Box 7096 Minneapolis MN 55407.
(Online at www.northlandposter.com Many shirts, buttons, posters, and bumb
 erstickers.)
UNION MADE CASUAL CLOTHES. Bienestar International is manufacturing a union-made casual apparel line under the brand name No Sweat™ Their clothing is produced by independent trade union members in the
US, Canada, EU and the developing world. They believe that the most viable response to globalization is a global labor movement. They market direct to
consumers, relying primarily on internet sales for distribution. The savings in advertising offset higher labor costs, enabling them to provide a competitive product and a living wage.
Products include “No Sweat” sweats, tee shirts, women’s athletic wear, outerware and accessories.
Their sources include both US union-made (UNITE) and clothes made by workers organized in independent unions in developing countries.
Globalize solidarity? No sweat.
Order on-line at http://nosweatapparel.com/index.html
No Sweat defines the market for goods that support independent trade unions - the only historically proven solution to sweatshops. They market direct to consumers, relying primarily on internet sales for
distribution. We provide a competitive product to you and a living wage to our workers. How? By not advertising. We rely on you to help us spread the word!
Footwear, outerware and accessories, tees and tanks and much more.
Order through the link on Kansas Workbeat and a portion of your order goes to the Wichita/Hutchinson Labor Federation.
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? No sweat. You’ll find 12 months of it in the. Bread & Roses took 12 quotes This year’s social justice calendar, our sixth, is an homage to
the power of transformation and collective strength. Twelve talented artists have contributed their visions, alongside words that come from
so many sources, including Rosa Parks, Reverend William Sloane Coffin, Mark Twain and Arundhati Roy.by SEIU's Greenhouse Cultural Program and the Bread and Roses Cultural Project.
Proceeds go to supporting Bread & Roses efforts to build solidarity through art and culture. 
