"I shouldn't be FIRED for PROTECTING MY JOB" button, 1987. Courtesy of the Maine Paper and Heritage Museum.
"I shouldn't be FIRED for PROTECTING MY JOB" button, 1987. Courtesy of the Maine Paper and Heritage Museum.
This protest button argues for a worker's right to organize to protect his or her job without fear of reprisals. Strikers in Jay resisted International Paper (IP) Company's efforts to change the rules under which they had long worked. IP's work rule changes included reducing its employees' annual income by eliminating double time pay on mandatory Sundays.