Green Options » steelworkers http://greenoptions.com/tag/steelworkers Posts tagged 'steelworkers' Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:28:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en My Obama Yard Sign is a Union-Made, Recyclable Plastic Bag http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/10/my-obama-yard-sign-is-a-union-made-recyclable-plastic-bag/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/10/my-obama-yard-sign-is-a-union-made-recyclable-plastic-bag/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:28:23 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/10/my-obama-yard-sign-is-a-union-made-recyclable-plastic-bag/ obama yard signI’ve never put a campaign yard sign in my lawn, so when a friend offered an Obama sign, I decided to join the campaign (even though there is a slim chance I may vote for Cynthia McKinney). I envisioned my high school government teacher Mr. Zeigler’s basement walls covered in plywood signs from Kennedy to Dukakis, as well as a cabin on Southfork Mountain that was sided with these sturdy signs.  I thought maybe I would start a historical collection of campaign signs documenting my children’s life through the candidates I voted for in their youth.  You can imagine my disappointment when my plastic bag Obama sign arrived.

Oh, my plastic bag Obama sign is not just any old plastic bag banned throughout the world for shoppers, but it is a union-made, recyclable bag. This bag proudly displays the union USWA label local 3210, as well as a gentle reminder to “please recycle”.  I’m not sure what steelworkers are doing making plastic bags (or if I am reading the label correctly, perhaps it is an endorsement?), and I wish the sign was made from post-consumer recycled plastic content.

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