Union Made Custom T-Shirts

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We can custom print T-shirts with the image or message of your design. A wide variety of ink colors are available. Prices below include a one color imprint on one side of a heavyweight 100% cotton union-made shrt-=sleeved shirt. T-shirts available available are: White, Natural, Ash, Black, Red, Navy Blue, Royal Blue, Orange, Forest Green, Purple and Lime (Neon or Safety) Green. Other weights and styles are also available. 100% Organically-grown, unbleached cotton T-shirts are also available - but they are not available union-made at this point in the evolution of the organic/environmentally-safe movement and the organized labor/human rights movements. We use Maggie's Organic, ringspun (for a softer feel), unbleached, natural color T's when you want organic cotton T's. They are sewn in a fair-trade women's cooperative in Nicaragua. For XXL shirts, add $1.50 per shirt. XXXL, add $2.50 per shirt.
Our union made shirts are either Lifewear, Windjammer (both made in Pennsylvania, UNITE! union), Platinum Sportswear (Geogia, UFCW union) or Rubin Bros. (Chicago, UNITE! union)

If you want to know why we do not use American Apparel™ brand shirts, please go to the archives of the now-defunct quarterly magazine, Clamor: www "dot" clamormagazine "dot" org/issues/38/aa/index.php. They published a 16-page expose of that company in what became their final issue, (Fall 2006). A $250 million dollar a year textile industry giant was very threatened by any negative publicity that a tiny indie quarterly magazine could publish about them. Another example of David versus Goliath. Unfortunately, Goliath won this round. American Apparel is still flourishing. And Clamor is dead. And too many progressives are still unaware of all the issues concerning American Apparel. Like Wal*Mart, the unethical and sleazy too often rise to the top in corporate America.

You may also send us blank shirts you have already purchased (hopefully not from AA) or other garments for imprinting (ask us for a price quote).
Remember that each imprinted ink color in your design requires a separate screen - the screen charge is $25 per color. Close (exact is not guaranteed) PMS ink color matches cost $33 per color to mix the special ink color for your order. Paper proofs mailed to you cost $12.00 per color. Minimum order is 24 shirts. The "Unite" union label is sewn into the collar. We can also imprint the screenprinter's union label on the shirt. The imprinted union label reads: "UNITE HERE!" inside a small rectangular box. It looks different than the traditional oval union "bugs" you have seen printed on paper and other shirts, but it is the genuine union label of the UNITE HERE! union of textile workers. Maximum imprint area: 11.5" x 13" on front or back.

Set-Up Charges: $25 for each screen. Each color in your design requires a screen.

Other Charges: A base print of white ink must first be imprinted, and Spot Drying ("Flashing") is required to maintain brightness when white or light-colored inks are printed on a dark shirt. This is priced as one additional color, but not an additional screen.

Production Time: Normally allow 10-15 working days from when we receive your order to when we ship it. Shipping costs vary with distance and how quickly you need to receive it. We can quote shipping costs for your job.

Prices include short-sleeved T-Shirt & imprint on one side:

Additional Locations Printing
To print on another location on your garment-- the other side or the sleeve--add the appropriate cost from this chart to the price from the chart above.

Contact us to place an order, or to request more information.

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