{"id":22230,"date":"2016-08-30T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=22230"},"modified":"2022-05-09T15:56:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T22:56:31","slug":"cartoon-what-have-unions-ever-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=22230","title":{"rendered":"Cartoon: What Have Unions Ever Done?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The beautiful backgrounds for this comic were drawn by the amazing Adrian Wallace<\/a>! Thanks, Adrian!<\/p>\n

Transcript of cartoon:<\/p>\n

PANEL 1
\nAn elderly woman in a striped skirt, walking a dog, is being spoken to by a friendly young man, who is holding out a petition on a clipboard and wearing an anti-union t-shirt. The dog sniffs at the young man’s leg in a friendly way.<\/p>\n

MAN: Ma’am, you should sing our anti-union petition… What have unions ever done for you?<\/p>\n

PANEL 2
\nCAPTION: Outlawing child labor.
\nThe panel shows a young girl in a striped shirt playing on a old-fashioned scooter.<\/p>\n

PANEL 3
\nCAPTION: The 8 hour workday.
\nThe panel shows a young woman at work, delivering packages, and whistling. She’s wearing a striped shirt.<\/p>\n

PANEL 4
\nCAPTION: Health plans and sick leave.
\nThe panel shows the same young woman, now with a broken arm in a cast. A friend is signing the cast.<\/p>\n

PANEL 5
\nCAPTION: Maternity Leave.
\nThe same woman in the striped shirt, now a little older, pushing a baby in a stroller.<\/p>\n

PANEL 6
\nCAPTION: Weekends
\nThe same woman in the striped shirt, now older still, at a carnival, being pulled along by her happy daughter, who now looks about 10.<\/p>\n

PANEL 7
\nCAPTION: Vacations
\nThe same woman and daughter at the beach, the woman now wearing a striped swimsuit, and looking older still, as she walks along the beach with a metal detector. In the background, her daughter, now a teen or young woman, is talking on a cell phone.<\/p>\n

PANEL 8
\nCAPTION: Social Security and Medicare
\nThe same woman, now elderly and dressed as she was in the first panel. She has the dog with her, and is pulling envelopes out of her mailbox.<\/p>\n

PANEL 9
\nThis panel shows the woman and the young man with the anti-union petition again. The woman has walked past the young man, her nose in the air in a “I refuse to even dignify that with an answer” attitude. The dog has the same attitude. The young man watches them leave, not understanding.<\/p>\n

MAN: Ma’am?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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