Union label
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A union label (sometimes called a union bug) is a label, mark or emblem which advertises that the employees who make a product or provide a service are represented by the labor union or group of unions whose label appears, in order to attract customers who prefer to buy union-made products. The term "union bug" is frequently used to describe a minuscule union label appearing on printed materials, which supposedly resembles a small insect. [1] [2] [3]
[edit] Origin of union label
The earliest recorded examples of union labels were by San Francisco cigar makers in the mid-19th century. Originally used by unionized, caucasian workers to differentiate their cigars from those made by Chinese, non-unionized workers, the program spread in the 1870s to many other parts of the United States [4].
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[edit] References
- ^ A Bug's Life. Social Design Notes (excerpt of article below). Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
- ^ Proposal for Inclusion of Union Label Description in Bibliographic and Archival Cataloging Guidelines. Cushing, Lincoln (2003). Retrieved on 2007-11-05.
- ^ Use the Union Label. Cushing, Lincoln (2005). Retrieved on 2007-11-05.
- ^ Shah, Nayan (2001). Contagious Divides: Epidemics and Race in San Francisco's Chinatown. University of California Press, 158. ISBN 0520226291.
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