The Potters Herald

Let's Put Shingles on Our Own Homes!

I. M. ORNBURN, Secretary-Treasurer Union Label Trades Department, American Federation of Labor

LABOR DAY or any other day is a good time to remind Labor Unionists and their friends to buy Union Label, Union-made products and to patronize Union services. Every time one buys non-union goods and uses non-union services, he is tearing shingles off his own home.

During the last four depression years, all National and International Unions affiliated with the Union Label Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor have increased their membership. Some affiliates have doubled and even tripled their membership. The fact that they have adopted Union Labels, Shop Cards or Service Buttons and the intensive Union Label campaign carried on during the last few years have greatly helped to increase the number of members in the Union Label family.

Union services that are not designated by labels have also enjoyed a great benefit from the Union Label-conscious consumers who demand Union workers on every repair or construction job, in all hotels and restaurants, on all forms of transportation, and wherever the work can be done by members of American Labor Unions.

LABOR DAY is the best day to take the Union Label pledge. It is: "I promise to patronize only those firms that display the Union Label, Shop Card or Service Button!"

Only by collective purchasing of Union Label goods and using Union services can Labor Unionists maintain American Labor standards. It is the best method to increase buying power and keep our country on the road to permanent prosperity. Let's put shingles on our own homes!