1970's UNION MADE - MADE IN USA

Made in USA and Union Made represented extreme pride in the 1960's and 1970's. Those words were placed on clothing labels common in the 1960's and 1970's. Those words were the standard of quality for the industrial times of the 1970's. Customers paid well for those labels. Suppliers insisted on those labels.
"Union Made", was considered the guarantee of quality for everyone, and represented pride for all those involved whether buying, selling, or manufacturing. Only those pieces of clothing inspected and approved by it's members were labeled and sold to stores throughout the U.S. The best, most exclusive clothes went to Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor in Manhattan.
The Union Made factories of the 1970's were predominantly located throughout the east coast, in areas such as New Jersey, Brooklyn, New York, and Philadelphia. The factories were major employers of newly arrived immigrants from Europe, including Germany, Italy, France and Spain. The factories also employed thousands of the newly arrived Cubans in the 1960's.
English was seldom heard at these factories. Instead, it was an eclectic mix of foreign workers that combined both European and Caribbean tastes.
Next time you find a piece of clothing with this label, consider yourself lucky. Notice the flair, cut and design. Notice the precision of the hems and lining. Notice that you own a Masterpiece!!

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