Union Label History

photos © 2009 Bill Burke/Page One Union Label History Presented on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Union Label & Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO, 68th Convention - Sept. 12, 2009 Kim Munson – art historian/author

Union Label Week Collection of the Labor Archives & Research Center, SFSU The Union Label Golden Rule: Buy union products and use union services as you would have union wages and benefits paid unto you…

Arms of the Worshipful Early Labels Company of Blacksmiths, London, 1600’s Arms of the Guild of Masters of Stone & Wood by Luca Della Robbia Goldsmith’s Hallmarks Florence, 1400’s. on a meat skewer, 1800’s

House Carpenters, 1869 Resolved: “That this League will furnish a stamp to all eight- hour mills, that they may stamp their work, so that we may know what material to put up, and may avoid using the work gotten out by ten-hour mills.” ~ published in the Daily Alta California, August 4 1869. Collection of the Labor Archives & Research Center, SFSU OR… OR…

Cigar makers, 1874 Collection of the Bancroft Library. Collection of the Labor Archives & Research Center, SFSU

American Federation of Labor Logo officially adopted in Pittsburgh. 11/19/1881 AFL Union Label, 1894. Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) YIVO Center for Jewish Study

Union Label Week Labor Day Parade with San Francisco Label Section, SF Labor Council, Waiters Union #30 and Waitresses Union # 48 Carrying AFL 8 Hour Banner, 1925 Collection of the Labor Archives & Research Center, SFSU

Labor Archives & Research Center, SFSU Outreach: US Bicentennial 1976

Union Label Book Project Signs of Unity: Stories and Symbols of the American Union Label Movement, a book project being researched and written by art historian Kim Munson collecting the origin stories of US union labels. Have a story to tell? http://www.mg-km.com/labels.html or e-mail Kim at: unionlabel.story@gmail.com

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Union Label History

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