For nearly three decades, Unionwear has employed unionized labor to make its specialty hats, bags, binders, PPE, and other items, including products for the Federal government. And, we have been making the case that domestic, union manufacturing is a viable alternative to buying from overseas, especially since the outset of the pandemic.

Thus, we welcome the news (courtesy the Advertising Specialty Institute) that a Biden administration task force issued a report with 70 recommendations to facilitate unionization efforts. One task force recommendation would have the Department of Labor (DOL), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Department of Defense (DOD), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) help “ensure that federal contract dollars are not spent on anti-union campaigns and that the anti-union campaign activities by federal contractors are publicly disclosed.” You can read the entire report here.

This is great news for union shops, and we support the federal government efforts to level the playing field for unionized manufacturers. These kinds of recommendations will help create better paying American jobs and help mitigate our ongoing supply chain issues which will likely continue through the rest of 2022, and possibly beyond. After all, there might be future pandemics, or more Covid-19 variants may emerge, or some other unforeseen supply chain disruption.

We applaud the administration’s efforts to shore up our supply chain and look forward to working more closely with our Federal partners to bring union manufacturing back to the USA.