Tailgate Union This Weekend

With the Packers set to take on the Minnesota Vikings this Sunday, one idea came to mind – Tailgate! Okay, but I am trying to watch my dollars and make sure I spend my hard earned money on Union made products. Just because we want to have a good time doesn’t mean we have to send our money overseas or give it to a non-union shop. Like you, I am always looking for ways to BUY UNION, BUY LOCAL, BUY AMERICAN.

I found the information below following a link on theAFL-CIO Now Blog:

MYTH: There’s nothing made in the USA anymore, especially not by unions.
FACT: Union-made products are all around us and at affordable prices. Chances are you’ve hosted a union-made tailgate without even knowing it.

• Snacks – Doritos, Lays, Crunch & Munch, Corn Nuts, Oreos, Ghirardelli Chocolates, Kraft snack products, Wise snacks, Snyder of Berlin, Planter’s Nuts
• Meats – Hot dogs: Oscar Meyer, Nathan’s, Hebrew National, Ball Park, Hormel; Sausages & Brats: Johnsonville, Armour, Eckrich, Poultry: Butterball, Healthy Choice, Hormel, Smithfield, Tyson
• Condiments – Heinz ketchup, French’s mustard, Gulden’s mustard, Land O’Lakes butter, Open Pit BBQ sauces, Pace salsa and picante sauce, Vlasic pickles
• Soft Drinks – Coke and Sprite products
• Juices – Welch’s, Minute Maid
• Beers – Anheuser Busch, Budweiser, Busch, Icehouse, Labatt’s Blue, Leinenkugel’s, Michelob, Miller, Molson, Pabst, Rolling Rock
• Footballs – Don’t forget to play catch at halftime, with a football made by Wilson. The game balls used in professional games are made by union workers in Ohio.

BONUS: You can feed and entertain your friends and family at a tailgate or in your living room and support good jobs by procuring these union-made, USA-made snacks and beverages.

Reprinted from Pro-Union & Pro-Football: How to support unions at your next tailgate or game party, by Americans Rights at Work, Blog At Work.

Oscar Meyer hot dogs are made right here in Madison, smothered them with Hormel Chili. Johnsonville brats are union made, even if the owners are big Walker supporters. Lays chips and Doritos go well with either dogs or brats. Wash that down with some Leinenkugel’s Red, PBR or Miller Light and you have the makings of a great tailgate party. Enjoy the game and GO PACK!