Record Profits Are Unpaid Wages | Tote Bag

A straightforward design with a message rooted in lived reality.
This tote features the text Record Profits Are Unpaid Wages with Will Strike If Provoked underneath — a quiet, direct acknowledgment of how value is actually created. It reads clean and minimal, but the politics are unmistakable for anyone who’s ever organized, bargained, or worked under corporate austerity.

Made for educators, librarians, organizers, union stewards, grad workers, and anyone who carries both their gear and their politics into everyday spaces.

Details

100% eco-friendly cotton canvas

15" × 16"

Reinforced 20" straps

Durable and lightweight

Crisp print using eco-friendly inks

Printed to order to reduce waste

Use It For

Carrying meeting materials, notebooks, picket flyers, or mutual-aid supplies

Library runs, classroom needs, office gear

Grocery trips and everyday errands

A subtle but pointed political statement in community spaces

From a distance, it looks like a minimalist text design. Up close, it communicates exactly what workers already know: labor creates wealth, and withholding labor is power.

About the Artwork

This design is closer to a logo than a traditional illustration — bold lines, a striking coiled snake, and typography that hits fast and clear. It echoes classic labor graphics and union jacket patches: straightforward, masculine, and built for visibility, not decoration. The message stays front and center, exactly as worker-focused design should.