Looking to buy gifts for the holidays AND support workers?  We’ve got some ideas for you!

Naturally, we recommend starting off at the Jobs with Justice store, where you can find union-made t-shirts, hoodies, water bottles, buttons, stickers, and even yo-yos with a pro-worker message.

For union made apparel, UNITE HERE keeps a list of companies with the union label, as does the UFCW.

Sweatfree Communities and the International Labor Rights Forum have put together the “2010 Shop with a Conscience Consumer Guide” with clothing sourced from sweat-free factories throughout the world.

Wondering what to serve at the holiday party?  Here’s a list of union-made sweets & treats and other food and beverages. 

If you’re traveling over the holidays, you can search here for a union hotel.

If you are a union member yourself, save money on flowers, computers, phones, and more at the Union Plus website.

Want to know what NOT to buy?  Check out the 2010 Sweatshop Hall of Fame.

And just in case you were

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Once again, a major corporation — this time Toyota — is threatening to cut thousands of jobs in the name of ‘competitiveness.’

Don’t let banks and corporations get away with a “jobless recovery” that restores profits and bonuses, but leaves workers behind.  A real recovery puts workers and communities first, providing good jobs, affordable housing, retirement security and health care for all.

As part of the complicated auto industry bankruptcy process, Toyota is considering shutting down its only unionized workforce, the highly efficient partnership with GM called “New United Motor Manufacturing Inc.” (NUMMI) in Fremont California.  Shutting down the plant would cost 4,500 good autoworker jobs, not to mention tens of thousands at dependent companies.

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New United Motor Manufacturing Inc (NUMMI) is a partnership between Toyota and General Motors. According to outside evaluators, the vehicles produced at the unionized NUMMI plant had fewer problems than those produced at other Toyota plants. NUMMI was the 7th most efficient car making plant in the US, and better than any of Toyota’s car assembly plants in

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