T-Shirt Unisex Don't Be A Scab!

The July 2022 design commemorates the first ever usage of the word “scab”, meaning “strikebreaker”. It was being used in print for the first time in July 1777, which from then on became one of the most important words in the international working class vocabulary. By the late 16th century the word “scab” had come to be used as an English insult, somewhat akin to “lowlife” or “scoundrel”. But at some point it began to be used by workers in industrial disputes as a label for workers who crossed picket lines and worked while their colleagues were striking for better pay or conditions. It first appeared in print in the Bonner & Middleton’s Bristol Journal, during a strike of shoemakers, where it reported the following:

“The Conflict would not been [sic] so sharp had not there been so many dirty Scabs”.

On scabs, author Jack London famously wrote the following:

“After God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad, the vampire, He had some awful substance left with which He made a scab. A scab is a two-legged animal with a cork-screw soul, a water-logged brain, a combination backbone of jelly and glue. Where others have hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles.”

This quote was turned into a design celebrating worker diversity by Indonesian illustrator Nanu. Rattlesnakes, Toads and Vampires united against Scabs!

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Brand and Manufacturer: dna merch, Humana Nova Social Cooperative

Material: 100 percent organic cotton

Printing and Finishing: High quality skin and ecofriendly print, direct-to-garment (DTG) or direct-to-film (DTF), depending on design and textile.

Care: Important care instructions are available at the bottom of our website

Stock Info: If, in exceptional cases, your size is not in stock, we will send you an organic T-shirt of the same material quality by Fair Wear Foundation Companies Stanley & Stella or Continental Clothing instead.

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Product Safety (GPSR)

This product complies with the requirements of the EU General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR – Regulation (EU) 2023/988).

Responsible person (EU): Anton Wundrak Mantovanini, dna merch | Solidarische Textilien, Richardstr. 60, 12055 Berlin, E-Mail

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