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Every Benefit You Have Was a Strike Comfort Colors Unisex T-Shirt

Every Benefit You Have Was 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.

Every benefit you have was a strike. The weekend was not a gift. Neither was the eight-hour day, overtime pay, or the safety rule that keeps someone alive on a job site, and the apprentice in the tee learned from her journeyman that the harness rule on her site got written after a strike over a fall. Every one of them was won by workers who walked. This tee is the receipt.

Wear it to the apprenticeship class, the union hall, the Labor Day parade, the safety training, and the family dinner where a relative says unions are unnecessary now. It is a strong gift for an apprentice, a journeyman who tells the story, a labor history teacher, and the friend who enjoys the weekend.

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 an apprenticeship class. 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 harness-rule 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 unions built the weekend? Same history, this one naming every benefit. The apprentice wearing it learned it from the harness rule.

Would an apprenticeship program order these for the class? Programs do. Every shirt is printed to order. Any mix of sizes, one order.

Which color do people pick? Black and Graphite. White for the parade.

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

Wear it to: the picket line, the rent strike, the grocery store, the shareholder meeting you were not invited to.

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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