Jess

Plastic scales (rulers) from labor unions. The ILGWU, UAW, IAM, Garment Workers and the Australian Services Union.

Plastic slip cases from the International Ladies Garment Workers Union which held sewing kits or rain hats.

UE-CIO Local 427 representing Solar employees supporting the strike of Maidenform workers. Photo by a Bayonne NJ company

Beer glass from the United Brewery Workers of America 1954 Convention in Detroit. "Beer King" glass design, likely manufactured by Federal Glass.

CIO ("Choice Ingredients Only") Pilsener Beer label, from the Tube City Brewing Co., McKeesport, PA. Likely used during the jurisdictional dispute between the CIO Brewery Workers and AFL Teamsters of the late 1940s in Pennslyvania. Note UBW label under the "I" . inset bottom right - UBW label at the time

1958 Dues pinback button Coopers International Union

Teamster Milkman ad - Be Sure a Brother Unionist Delivers Your Milk

Pre-Prohibition era playing card of the International Union of United Brewery Workmen. Union Made Beer, Ale, Porter, Soft Drinks and Mineral Water

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters AFL Membership Book and Working Card

Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America Membership Book & Constitution

"Uh, don't ya have any soup today?"
"Other side of the menu - under 'Liquids'..."

In the US, at least, some men's clothing ads now use "Tops" and "Bottoms" for shirts and pants. Sounds kinda NSFW 😬

And then there's tendency to call one pair of them a "pant".

I have two of them but damned if can find either one.

Action Alert: Call to Restore Veterans Affairs Workers’ Union Rights | AFL-CIO The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is the backbone of support for our nation’s brave heroes, providing essential health care, benefits and services that veterans have earned through their service...

"This week, the Trump administration announced that it is ripping up the union contracts of more than 400,000 VA workers—a brazen act of retaliation against the workers & unions who've been standing up to the administration’s illegal actions in court & in the streets."

aflcio.org/2025/8/11/ac...

The VA Wednesday terminated collective bargaining agreements for most of its employees, including nurses, food service workers, technicians and janitorial staff.

About 80% of VA’s 470,000 employees belong to a union.

Don't thank me for my service and cut my brother and sisters throats.

VA terminates key union contracts | CNN Politics The Department of Veterans Affairs is terminating collective bargaining agreements with several key government unions representing its employees.

BREAKING: The VA just stripped union protections from 400,000+ VA workers. That means nurses, doctors, mental health counselors, housekeepers & food service workers who care for our veterans just lost their right to organize and speak up for patient safety. Unacceptable. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/08/...

Here’s the notice terminating EPA union contracts:

👌 Got 'em. Thanks a lot!

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And if this is a "dm" - then what is a Chat? I saw an option for a "Chat Request" (but can't find it now... ).

Oh, while I've been on the 'net since the late '90s, I never used Twitter, Facebook or, now, Bluesky for personal/individual conversations.

I know "dm" = Direct Message - but, is that what we're doing now?

Me: "I thought it was because he wanted to look like the guy on the penny."

Looks at me like I'm crazy. "Nooo..."

At a flea market table, looking through some pinback buttons (found a couple Teamsters). Guy next to me is looking a framed pic of A. Lincoln, pre-whiskers. He says to the dealer:

"You know why Lincoln grew a beard? An 8 year old girl* wrote him a letter and told him to."
(* She was 11 but..).

Yeah, glad to met you. As I mentioned, I'm (chronically? 😉) introverted, so it's nice to talk to some folks. Reading (and even avoiding) the News, I think: "I've got to do something..." and then driving home from a demo:
"...I'm not sure that's it. But it is 'something' ..."

Wait - they told us during orientation that ol' Henry David wrote it at the Waldenbooks in that mall off Rt. 128. (Still got my employee name tag).

I only got about 10 minutes into Thiel's recent interview by NYT's Douthat - clicked off when they started discussing Back to the Future.

"What? That racist film where a white boy 'invents' Chuck Berry's music?"

Bad enough but they totally ignored The !@#$ Jetsons!
(Or maybe they didn't?)

bottle of Moxie brand soda pop

Looking at the code names, it's obvious why the mission failed. They simply didn't have the Moxie to pull it off.

Complaint # 23:
"They called me fat! In-person and again on the video!"

Sounds like an "act of God" situation to me.
(And I'm an atheist).

C'mon- the guy is a futurist genius! Who else could have possibly invented the concept of transferring money electronically?

Used to go to a CD store that combined "BLUES" and "BLUEGRASS".