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A Lockout is not a Strike Comfort Colors Unisex T-Shirt

A Lockout is not a Strike Comfort Colors Unisex T-Shirt

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Unisex with a relaxed cut, true to size, S to 4XL. Garment-dyed heavyweight tee.

A lockout is not a strike. One is workers withholding their labor; the other is an employer locking the door and then briefing reporters as though the workers chose it, and the nurse in the tee showed up for her shift and found the badge reader dead and a camera crew outside. The distinction gets blurred on purpose, because sympathy moves with the verb. This tee fixes the verb.

Wear it to the picket outside the locked building, the press conference, the union hall, the city council session on the lockout, and the family dinner where a relative says the nurses walked out. It is a strong gift for a locked-out nurse, a union communications lead, a labor reporter, and the friend who corrected the headline.

The tee is a Comfort Colors 1717, garment-dyed in 6.1 oz ring-spun cotton, soft and evenly colored, with a heavier hand than a novelty tee and three lines that read across a picket outside a locked building. Direct-to-garment. It bonds with the cotton.

Unisex, relaxed, true to size. S through 4XL. Colors: Black, White, Bay, Blossom. Also Chambray, Graphite, Ivory, Banana. It is the dead-badge-reader entry in the union and labor collection.

Designed and printed to order in the USA. Machine wash cold, inside out, with like colors. Tumble dry low. Do not bleach or iron the design.

Details

  • Comfort Colors 1717 unisex tee.
  • Garment-dyed ring-spun cotton.
  • Weight 6.1 oz.
  • Direct-to-garment print, into the fabric.
  • Unisex, relaxed, true to size.
  • Sizes S through 4XL.
  • Eight colors, Black through Banana.
  • Made to order in the USA.

Common questions

Is this the same as locked out not walked out? Same correction, worded as a definition. That one is the headline fix; this one is the dictionary entry.

Would a nurses' local order these for the picket? Locals do. Every shirt is printed to order. Any mix of sizes, one order.

Which color do nurses pick? White and Black. Bay for the hall.

How does the 1717 fit? True to size, relaxed body. Order your usual.

Wear it to: the picket line, the union hall, the contract vote, Labor Day.

Fabric and fit

Comfort Colors 1717: 6.1 oz 100 percent ring-spun cotton, garment-dyed and soft-washed so it feels broken in from the first wear. Relaxed unisex fit, true to size, S to 4XL in eight colors. Double-needle stitching, no side seams, sewn-in label.

Measurements for every size are on the size and fit guide.

Printing and care

Printed to order in the USA, direct to garment: water-based ink goes into the fabric rather than sitting on top, so the print stays soft and does not crack or peel.

Machine wash cold, inside out. Tumble dry low or hang dry. Do not iron the print. More on the fabric and care page.

Shipping and returns

Every shirt is made when you order it and ships from the USA. Current production and delivery times, and how returns work, are on the shipping and returns page. Ordering for a group? See group and bulk orders.

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