Patrick Garner and the "Sweatshop Slate" ?

Patrick Garner's scabby sweatshop wear

What kind of "Union Leader" would buy their campaign material from a sweatshop that forces people (including children) to work for starvation wages sometimes at the point of a gun? Apparently Patrick Garner and his "A New Beginning Slate" would. 

The safety green shirts promoting Patrick's slate was made in Honduras, you know that place where millions of jobs were moved from the United States so they could produce products in sweatshops paying below poverty wages often using children - and of course non-union. These workers are frequently subjected to threats, intimidation and in many cases violence to keep them in check and prevent union organizing.

In another "OOPS I screwed up!" moment, Patrick had the Teamster logo printed (at a non union printer) on the very same sweatshop wear in violation of the Teamsters International's licensing policy. Under this policy clothing bearing a Teamster logo can only be printed by a vendor licensed by the Teamsters. This could actually mean the vendor gets sued by the International union for breach of copyright. I guess they will have Patrick to thank for that.

The vendor who printed Patrick's shirt better hope that no one from the Teamsters International union finds out that they printed OUR UNION logo non-union on shirts not made in America.

Patrick needs to have some class, quit being cheap and buy shirts produced by our fellow union members and not in sweatshops in Honduras.