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The Time Has Come To:
- Focus on the fight for good jobs...
- Stand up for good pay and worker rights...
- Bring Back the Union Label!
We are bringing back of one of the catchiest, most beloved jingles in advertising history: "Look For the Union Label." We plan new recordings – rock versions, salsa, r&b, country – as part of a nationwide campaign for good jobs.
The song needs new lyrics that speak to today’s workers and consumers of every background, industry or occupation. We need your imagination and inspiration to make that happen.
Grand Prize: The winner will receive free round trip-tickets for two to Hawaii and a free five-night stay at a Hawaiian Islands resort. The winner (and a guest) will also be flown to and from Cleveland Ohio to hear his or her version of "Look for the Union Label" performed live, by nationally-known performers, at a special event at the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame May 4, 2006.
Here are the current lyrics by Paula Green:
(Click here to view the sheet music and lyrics)
When you are buying a 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.
To enter read and accept the following contest rules!
Contest Rules
We are looking for a jingle – something that fits in a 30- to 60-second radio or TV ad. We will accept up to four stanzas of lyrics (after all, a longer song could have its uses) but the judges are looking for ONE great stanza to carry the message.
We may tinker with the music a bit, so you are not completely locked into the meter of the current version. Stick close, however, and don’t mess with the rhyme scheme. We won’t tinker much with the original.
We will accept written submissions as well as recordings, but recordings must be accompanied by written lyrics.
1) Submitted lyrics should:
- Be four stanzas in length, maximum, legibly printed or typed.
- Urge support for union-made goods and services, generally (the current lyrics are specific to garments and apparel).
- Refer to unions generally (the current lyrics are specific to the ILGWU)
- Reflect the fact (somehow!) that very few union-made goods and services carry the Union Label these days. Today’s consumer must use sources like www.ShopUnionMade.org to determine what is union-made.
- Speak to the public’s desire for good jobs.
3) The lyrics must be received by the Union Label & Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO by 11:59 p.m. EST, January 1, 2006.
4) Lyrics may be emailed to lyrics@shopunionmade.com, or mailed (with or without music) to:
Look for the Union Label Contest
Union Label & Service Trades Dept., AFL-CIO
Washington, D.C. 20006
5) Contestants must read the following terms and conditions closely and use the space provided below to indicate their acceptance of the following terms and conditions:
The undersigned agree that the lyrics (and any music submitted with the lyrics) will be used by the Union Label & Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO for non-profit purposes, including the creation of new musical recordings for use as radio and television public service advertisements.
Contestants, including the winning contestant, shall obtain no rights to the underlying music. Contestants agree that their lyrics and music are work for hire and that the Union Label & Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO is the owner of all submitted lyrics and music. In addition, the winning contestant will be required assign all right and title to any copyright in the lyrics and music to the Union Label & Service Trades, Department, AFL-CIO to be used for charitable purposes.
The undersigned hereby declare the lyrics submitted with this entry to be a wholly original work created solely by the undersigned and not by any other party or parties.