The following unions helped with this list:

Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA)
Association of Flight Attendants (AFA)
Flight Engineers International Association (FEIA)
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT)
International Chemical Workers Union (ICWU)
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union (OCAW)
Transport Workers Union of America (TWU)
Transportation Communications International Union (TCU)
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)
United Industrial Workers (UIW)
United Transportation Union (UTU)
United Steelworkers of America (USWA)

Caution: choosing union hotels can be tricky because each hotel within a chain negotiates its own union contracts. Same with airlines. Delta, for example, is unionized except for the flight attendants. So it’s best to call ahead and ask good questions about your prospective hotel’s or airline’s union orientation.

Also be sure to think union when shopping for the luggage, toiletries, sports and recreational equipment you’ll be taking on your trip.

Please note that not all plants are unionized, which means some products in some areas won’t be entirely union made. Also, not all products have been listed. For more information, write to the AFL-CIO Union Label and Service Trades Dept., 815 16th Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006; or call (800)-LABEL-91.

Hotels:
(call (800) HERE-WAY for a more detailed list of union hotels) Hilton Hotels, Holiday Inn, Sheraton, Hyatt Regency, Westin, Radisson

Airlines:
Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Southwest Airlines, TransWorld Airlines (TWA), United Airlines, USAir, and many commuter and regional airlines

Toiletries:
Old Spice, Lady’s Choice Deodorant, Listerine Mouthwash, Dial Soap, Palmolive Soap, Colgate Toothpaste, Ultrabright Toothpaste, VO5, Charlie Perfume and Colognes, Flex Shampoo, Ace Comb, Revlon Outrageous Shampoo, Revlon Age Defying Makeup, Revlon Nail Enamel, Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick, Arrid Solid, Spray and Glide-on Deodorants, Nair Lotion Hair Remover, Nair Lotion Hair Remover for Face, Pearl Drops Whitening Tooth Polish, Pearl Drops Whitening Tooth Paste, Colorstay Lip Color, Colorstay Lashcolor, New Complexion Powder, Fire and Ice Perfume and Cologne Spray, Charlie Cologne Spray and Red Cologne Spray

Sports Equipment:
Spalding Tennis Rackets and Balls (some Spalding products are imported, check closely for country of origin), True Temper Fishing Reels, Golf Clubs and related items, Arnold Palmer Golf Equipment, Wilson Golf Clubs, Eagle Golf Balls

Luggage:
Samsonite (Hard luggage only), Lark (American-made only)

Cruise Lines:
Delta Queen Steamboat Company, America Hawaii Cruises

Other Transportation Services:
Commuter Transportation Services, Detroit; Paul Revere Transportation Company, Boston; Airlines Transportation Company, Pittsburgh; Laidlaw Transit Inc., Philadelphia; (Note: Many local mass transportation companies like buses and subways are also unionized.)

Car Rentals:
National Rental Car, Hertz Rental Car

Trains:
Amtrak, (Note: Many local subways and metro systems are also unionized.)

Medicines:
Benadryl, Centrum Vitamins, Sominex, Geritol, Sinutab, Alka Seltzer, Inhiston Cold Remedy, Hall’s cough suppressants and throat lozenges, St. Joseph baby aspirin, Luden’s cough drops, Pepto Bismol, Phillips Milk of Magnesia, Solarcaine, Di-Gel, Theragram, One-A-Day vitamins, Doan’s Pills, Maalox, Flintstone’s vitamins

Other Misc.:
501 Levi’s Jean

Reprinted by permission from Union Plus Winter 1997.