Reaching the free shipping threshold when shopping online is always tempting. As someone who has worked in the trucking industry for years, I know that free shipping hides the true cost of moving things around the world.

Paying your dues is an out-of-date and backwards attitude found in many industries. In my field, graphic design, there is no lack of old timers who love to tell stories about the abuse they endured, almost relishing it like a badge earned. I’m not following that path.

This coat bears the history of organized labor initiated by women in the garment industry on one tiny tag. Editorial resident Iris Aguilar thrifted the garment, and Vintage Detective Alex Stevens digs into its connections to the American labor movement.