On this Memorial Day Weekend, we will take the time to remember our fellow Americans who gave their lives defending our country and to recognize our veterans and the heroes who are in service today.

We salute all of those courageous men and women who have defended our country so that we may enjoy the rights and privileges we have every day in the U.S. Programs - like Organized Labor’s Helmets to Hardhats that helps connect men and women from the armed forces with Unionized Building and Construction Careers.

Since Memorial Day is also the unofficial kickoff of Summer, plenty of people will be firing up the grill and enjoying the nice weather.

With that said, please remember to use Union-Made supplies on Memorial Day and look for these Union-made products all Summer long!

Hot Dogs: Ball Park; Butterball; Hebrew National; Hormel and Oscar Meyer.

Ice Cream: Breyers; Creamland; Galliker’s; Gandy’s; Good Humor; Oberweis; Perry’s (made right here in Western New York by the proud Members of the United Auto Workers) and Tillamook.

Snacks: Cheez-It; Doritos; Fig Newtons; Lay’s Potato Chips; Rold Gold Pretzels; Sun Chips and Wheat Thins.

Coolers: Rubbermaid.

Sunscreen: Bain de Soleil and Coppertone.

Hats: AFL-CIO Union Made Gear; All American Clothing Co.; All USA Clothing and Bayside.

And last, but not least with more than 250 choices: Adult Beverages.

To obtain a brief list of Beers and Ales made by your fellow Union Members at the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), the International Brother of Teamsters (IBT), the UAW), the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), and the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), go to: www.unionplus.org/blog/union-made/union-made-beer.