Everybody remembers the song, right? If you’re anywhere near my vintage, you saw the commercials on television, maybe laughed at it and mocked it, but admit it. You hummed the tune, because it was catchy. I’ll bet you that lot of conservatives over 45 or so can even recite the lyrics.
Look for the union label when you are buying that coat, dress or blouse.
Remember somewhere our union’s sewing, our wages going to feed the kids, and run the house.
We work hard, but who’s complaining? Thanks to the I.L.G. we’re paying our way!
So always look for the union label, it says we’re able to make it in the U.S.A.!
The ad was ubiquitous throughout the mid-70s and early 80s. Even Dr. Johnny Fever, Venus Flytrap, and Bailey Quarters spontaneously broke out into the chorus during an episode of WKRP In…