Check out these gift ideas:

Books

Union-made products

Fair trade products

Books
Books make great gifts! You can buy them through powells.com, a unionized, online bookstore. If you purchase through Workday Minnesota, you will also be helping to support this website. Use this link.

Recommended reading (all of these books are available through powells.com)

For children:

Fire!: The Beginnings of the Labor Movement by Barbara Diamond Goldin. This book is a fictionalized account of the infamous 1911 Triangle factory fire in New York City, and is aimed at 7 - 11 year olds. Price: $4.99

Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin. Join the fun as a bunch of literate cows turn Farmer Brown's farm upside down. A 2001 Caldecott Honor Book. Also named one of the Best Children's Books of 2000 by Publisher's Weekly. Sale price: $12.95

For adults:

America's Top 300 Jobs: A Complete Career Handbook by the U S Department Of Labor. A helpful gift for someone affected by the current recession or thinking about a career change. Price: $17.95

Unions in a Globalized Environment: Changing Borders, Organizational Boundaries and Social Roles, Bruce Nissen, editor. An excellent summary of the issues facing working people under globalization. Read Michael Madden's review of this book. Hardcover price: $52.76

Mother Jones: The Most Dangerous Woman in America by Elliott J Gorn. Her rallying cry was famous: "Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living." This biography tells the story of Mother Jones, a celebrated organizer and agitator - the very soul of the modern American labor movement. Price: $14

State of the Union: A Century of American Labor, by Nelson Lichtenstein. Lichtenstein offers a thoughtful, cogent analysis of the state of U.S. unions and provides concrete suggestions to strengthen collective bargaining and the rights of all workers. Price: $29.95

For more book ideas, visit the Labor Education Service bookstore.

Union-made products

Here are some union-made gift ideas, provided by the AFL-CIO Union Label Department:

Fragrances: Alberto Culver's Beyond, Command, Royal Command; Dana Perfumes' Tabu, Ambush, Priorite, Canoe Sport, Canoe, Herbissmo; Lander aftershave; Revlon's Charlie, Jontue, Jean Nate, Enjoli; Navy for Women; Chantilly perfumes; British Sterling cologne; English Leather cologne; Watkins fragrances

Cosmetics: Revlon, Revlon Color Stay, Revlon Age Defying, Moon Drops, Eterna, Fire & Ice, Ciara, Crme of Nature, Realistic, Fabu-Laxer, Roux Fanci-Full, Flex, Outrageous

Sports Equipment: Colt handguns and rifles; Louisville hockey sticks; Murray bicycles; Remington Arms firearms and clay pigeons; PowerBilt golf clubs; Rawling, Riddell helmets; Riedell ice skates and roller blades; Winchester rifles and shotguns; Bauer, Micron, Dauoust, Mega, Lange, Cooper, Flak ice and in-line skates, snow boards, hockey and ski equipment; Penn tennis and racquet balls; Spalding golf balls; Arnold Palmer golf clubs; St. Croix of Park Falls fishing rods; Kent sporting goods; FNT tennis balls, volleyballs and backstop netting; Algoma sport bags; Wigwam Mills sports socks and hats; Aladdin Thermos products

Toys, Games, Hobbies: Colorforms; FUNGEosaurs DINO lab sets, FUNGEosaurs Bio Maker sets, FUNGEosaurs refill assortments; Eagle children's plastic table sets; Ideal easels, games, puzzles, entire line of preschool materials; Etch-A-Sketch classic and color; Frustration; Ghost Writer; Glitter Writer; Michael Jordan Jr. Jammer; Michael Jordan Pro basketball set; Tot Traps drum set; Pfaltzgraff Cook and Serve Set, Tea Set; Wall Ball; Ertl cars, trucks, tractors, model and hobby kits; Fisher Price sandboxes, playhouses; Leister games, gags; Lionel model trains; Radio Flyer wagons; Testor hobby kits and supplies; Golden Family activity boxes, infants' clothe blocks, games, puzzles; Dixon Ticonderoga crayons, tempura paints, water colors; Today's Plastics; Penn-Plax fish tanks, bird cages

Wines/Champagnes: E&J Gallo; Chateau Ste. Michelle; Columbia Crest; Saddle Mountain; Farron Ridge; North Star; Snoqualmie; St. Supery; Scheid Vineyards, Inc.; Gallo of Sonoma; Gallo Estate; Rancho Zabaco; Anapamu; Marcelina; Indigo Hills; Turning Leaf; Almaden; B&J (Bartle & James); Boone's Farm; Carlo Rossi; CC Vineyards; Chateau Lafayette; Corbett Canyon; Cresta Blanca; Eden Roc; Estate Cellars; Estate Inglenook; Franzia Wine in the Box; Inglenook Premium Select; Le Domaine; Livingston Cellars; Oakridge Vineyards; Mogen David; Paul Masson; Sonoma Cask Sebastiani; Vintner's Choice

For more union-made gift ideas, visit the Union Label website:
http://www.unionlabel.org/labelletter/nd2002/holidays.htm

Fair-trade products

The Resource Center of the Americas, located at 3019 Minnehaha Ave. in south Minneapolis, carries a wide variety of fair trade items at its bookstore this holiday season. They include fair trade coffee, handicrafts, pottery, artwork and books. Items are produced by local artisans in a variety of Latin American countries under fair working conditions. Proceeds from the sale go to support the Resource Center's social justice activities. For more on the Resource Center, visit its website, www.americas.org