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Unions Built the Weekend Comfort Colors Unisex T-Shirt

Unions Built the Weekend Comfort Colors Unisex T-Shirt

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

Unions built the weekend. The weekend was not a gift from management, it was won on picket lines, and the labor history teacher in the tee starts every semester by asking the class who thinks Saturday was handed down and then telling them about the strikes. So were the eight-hour day, overtime pay, the lunch break and the child labor laws. This tee is the first lecture, on cotton.

Wear it to the labor history lecture, the Labor Day parade, the union hall, the Saturday you are not working, and the family dinner where a relative says unions have outlived their purpose. It is a strong gift for a labor history teacher, a union member, a student who learned it, 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 words that read across a Labor Day parade. 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 first-lecture 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 a union won that? Same history, this one naming the weekend specifically. The teacher wearing it uses both in the same lecture.

Would a labor studies program order these for Labor Day? Programs do. Every shirt is printed to order. Any mix of sizes, one order.

Which color do people pick? Black and Bay. 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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