Holiday gift ideas that support good jobs

(Dec. 14, 2017) — It’s not too late yet to find that perfect holiday gift that carries a union label. Below is a wide range of gift possibilities, from clothes to games to sports equipment and more, made by union-members across the country.

This list is compiled from Union Plus, the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor’s resource site, Labor 411, the AFL-CIO Union Label and Service Trades Department (UL&STD) and the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) website. Check them out for even more gift ideas.

Apparel and Accessories

• Carhartt
• Filson clothes and bags
• Garnier Fructis hair care products
• Joseph Abboud
• Nunn Bush shoes
• Phillips-Van Heusen
• Red Wing Shoes
• Shinola watches
• Winston Leather
• Wolverine boots
• More clothing and apparel

Games and Toys

• Boggle
• Candy Land
• Clue
• Connect Four
• Cranium
• Easy-Bake
• The Game of Life
• G.I. Joe
• Heroscape
• Marvel & Disney toys and games made by Hasbro
• Memory
• Mousetrap
• Mr. Potato Head
• My Little Pony
• Operation
• Play-Doh
• Rubik’s
• Sorry
• Strawberry Shortcake
• Tinkertoy
• Tonka
• Transformers
• Trivial Pursuit
• Twister
• Weebles
• Yahtzee
• Check out other games and more toys

Sports Equipment

• American Athletic gym equipment
• Bell Sports
• Ebonite Bowling Balls
• Louisville Slugger
• Remington Arms
• Standard Golf Company
• Wilson Sporting Goods
• Other sports equipment

Tools

• Armstrong
• Black & Decker Tools
• Channellock
• Craftsman
• Cutco knives
• Klein Tools
• Ridgid
• SnapOn Tools
• Stanley Hand Tools
• Union Tools
• Warwood
• More tools

Stocking Stuffers

• Rayovac batteries
• Bic lighters
• Allan Traditional Candy Canes and other candies
• Boyer Mallo cups and other candies
• Brown & Haley holiday gift boxes, baskets, tins and packages
• Dare Foods Limited variety of gums, jellies, hard candy and gift tubs
• Frankford Candy & Chocolate holiday candy toys, gift baskets, tins boxes and packs
• Ghirardelli chocolates
• Hershey chocolates
• Jelly Belly
• Jordan Almonds
• Laffy Taffy
• Linette Quality Chocolates
• Nestle chocolates
• Pearson’s Candy Company
• Sconza Candy Company
• See’s Candies
• Other union-made snacks

Wine and Spirits

• Andre champagne
• Arbor Mist
• C.K. Mondavi
• Chateau Ste. Michelle
• Cook’s champagne
• Gallo Estate wines
• Gallo of Sonoma
• St. Supery
• Tott’s champagne
• Turning Leaf
• More wine and spirits

Beer

• Bass Pale Ale
• Beck’s
• Blue Moon
• Budweiser
• Busch
• Killian’s
• Kirin
• Labatt Blue
• Land Shark Lager
• Michelob
• Mickey’s
• Miller
• Molson Canadian
• O’Doul’s
• Olde English 800
• Pabst
• Red Stripe
• Rolling Rock
• Sam Adams
• Schlitz
• ShockTop
• More union-made beer

If You’re in the ‘Big Spender’ Category

• Cadillacs
• Ford Mustangs
• Jeep
• See more cars made by UAW and non-auto UAW-made products.

Check out many other gift ideas from GetItUnion.com by the Fire Fighters (IAFF).

Finally, if you are traveling and stay in a hotel, make sure it is a fair hotel!

The Washington State Labor Council’s Union Goods and Services Committee has asked The Stand to regularly post lists of union products to help inform rank-and-file members and supporters what they can buy to support good family-wage jobs.