It’s getting there, but it’s not too late yet to find that perfect holiday gift that carries a union label and is made in America. Below is a wide range of gift possibilities, from clothes to games to sports equipment and more, made by members of UNITE HERE, Boilermakers (IBB), Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM), Machinists (IAM), United Steelworkers (USW), Teamsters (IBT), UAW, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union/UFCW (RWDSU/UFCW) and United Farm Workers (UFW).
This list is compiled from the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor’s resource site, Labor 411, Union Plus, the AFL-CIO Union Label and Service Trades Department 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)
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
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 (UAW and IBT)
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)
Wine and Beer
(Wines brought to you by UFW.)
Chateau Ste. Michelle (IBT)
Columbia Crest
St. Supery
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
See more cars made by UAW.
Photo: AFL-CIO NOW blog
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