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Heat Kills Workers Comfort Colors Unisex T-Shirt

Heat Kills Workers Comfort Colors Unisex T-Shirt

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

Heat kills workers. Two words and a fact, and the warehouse steward in the tee logged 98 degrees on the floor in July, filed a grievance, and has watched it sit open through two more heat advisories. Roofs, loading docks and line kitchens cross into dangerous territory every summer, and heat remains among the deadliest hazards a job can have and the easiest to prevent. This tee is the grievance, worn.

Wear it to the safety committee meeting, the union hall, the OSHA hearing on the heat standard, the warehouse floor in July, and the family dinner where a relative says it is just summer. It is a strong gift for a warehouse steward, a farmworker organizer, a line cook, and the friend who logged the temperature.

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 words that read across an OSHA hearing on the heat standard. 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 98-degrees 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 there a federal heat standard for workers? Not a finished one, and the research team that was writing it got cut. The steward wearing it has the open grievance.

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

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

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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