Our Design Of The Month for October 2022, made of 100% organic cotton, and supporting grassroots labour unions in South Asia. Outside the US, this design is available here a shirt made by a workers' cooperative.
It celebrates the birth in October 1879 of Joe Hill, songwriter and Industrial Workers of the World revolutionary union martyr, was born in Sweden. Songs he wrote, like Rebel Girl and The Preacher and the Slave – which is where the phrase "pie in the sky" comes from – were sung by thousands of workers on picket lines across the United States, which had become his new home. He was executed by the state in Utah in 1915 for a crime he almost certainly didn't commit.
US-born, Berlin based tattooer Brian Kelly has realised this month's design which is an ironic and dark humoured take on the world's preachers' promise of a "pie in the sky". Be good, behave, don't question any authority, so that before finishing you off the Reaper may share a piece of cherry cake with you.
- 100% organic combed ring-spun cotton
- Fabric weight: 5.3 oz./yd.² (180 g/m²)
- Regular unisex fit
- Set-in sleeves
- 1 × 1 rib at collar
- Double-needle topstitch on the sleeves and bottom hems
- Self-fabric neck tape on the inside of the back
- The fabric of this product holds certifications for its organic cotton content under GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) and OCS (Organic Content Standard). Stanley and Stella Fair Wair Foundation-made
- Supports grassroots labour unions in South Asia through ExChains and social enterprise dna merch
- Printed in the US individually just for you, with no overproduction or waste
- Global shipping from the US
Size guide
| LENGTH (inches) | CHEST (inches) | SLEEVE LENGTH (inches) | |
| S | 28 ⅜ | 31-34 | 9 ¼ |
| M | 29 ⅛ | 35-38 | 9 ½ |
| L | 29 ⅞ | 39-41 | 9 ⅝ |
| XL | 31 ⅛ | 42-45 | 9 ⅞ |
| 2XL | 32 ⅛ | 46-48 | 10 |
| 3XL | 33 ⅛ | 49-51 | 10 ¼ |
| 4XL | 33 ⅞ | 52-54 | 10 ¼ |
| 5XL | 34 ⅝ | 55-57 | 10 ¼ |
| LENGTH (cm) | CHEST (cm) | SLEEVE LENGTH (cm) | |
| S | 72 | 78.7-86.4 | 23.5 |
| M | 74 | 89-96.5 | 24 |
| L | 76 | 99-104.1 | 24.5 |
| XL | 79 | 106.7-114.3 | 25 |
| 2XL | 81.5 | 116.8-122 | 25.5 |
| 3XL | 84 | 124.5-129.5 | 26 |
| 4XL | 86 | 132-137.2 | 26 |
| 5XL | 88 | 139.7-144.8 | 26 |
If you would like this design on a different product please email us on shop@workingclasshistory.com