12 Design Inspirations for Labor Day Posters

Inspiration   September 2, 2009  by

The United States of America is dedicated to its blue collar heroes — that’s why we celebrate May Day in September.

Labor Day posters tend to be uninspired. If you’re advertising an upcoming holiday event, whether it’s a rally for immigration reform and universal health care, or just a company or community picnic, you want a design for your Labor Day poster that evokes the aesthetic Zeitgeist of International Labor’s struggle against Global Capital.

Warning: lots of raised fists and the color red ahead:

12 Poster and Flyer Design Inspirations for Labor Day

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Whether it’s a holiday event poster, or propaganda to call the Proletariat to rise against the Bourgeoisie, UPrinting will give you the best deal on professionally printed posters. Just be kind to us when The Revolution comes.

 

Cadence is You The Designer's senior blogger, and the most jack-of-all-trades of the staff. She's always trying out something different every day, some of which fuels her posts here on the blog. Let her know if you want us to post more about your favorite topic - she might know more than a thing or two about it!

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13 Responses
  1. Alistair   -   September 2, 2009 at 10:45 pm

    The Vote Red poster is a classic but the WFTU is probably my favourite. Good collection.

  2. Anna Green, Web Design   -   September 3, 2009 at 4:39 am

    This is my first time visiting this site, id just like to say i found it inviting, and you have some really nice design examples on here. These posters are a very nice collection, they all have that world war feeling going on which i always like, the majority have manged to use it in a modern way which is nice especially the stop dismissile poster, i like the subtle use of photography. I also like the cartoon network style poster, they have gone for a different style which i think really stands out while still holding the feel of what Labor day is all about. Thanks for sharing with us all, ill be keeping an eye on here for more inspirations. Anna

  3. Wonka   -   September 3, 2009 at 6:29 am

    I like the style to use in this selection, good job, thaks !

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  5. Jo Oxford   -   September 3, 2009 at 10:32 pm

    Some of these posters are amazing, I think the soviet panda is my personal favourite.

  6. Ash Mashhadi (@inspirationguy)   -   September 4, 2009 at 9:47 pm

    Nice collection of posters. Very inspirational and examples of good, strong design. My favourite has to be last one though!

  7. glenn brammel   -   September 5, 2009 at 1:09 pm

    Nice work with the posters. The idea is pretty sweet as well!

  8. Mike Winters   -   September 6, 2009 at 8:19 am

    I had hoped they could do better than the tired ‘Soviet Propaganda/Workers Paradise’ theme. Is this somehow ‘honoring’ the tax paying citizens or is it promoting unions and socialistic policies? Surely we can do something new for a change.

  9. Lincoln Cushing   -   September 10, 2009 at 9:00 am

    Nice start, but these are a small sampling of the huge range of U.S. labor posters done over the past 120 years. For a deeper look at these (including the Hudson-Mohawk labor day one above) check out our new book, _Agitate! Educate! Organize! American Labor Posters_ from Cornell University Press.

  10. Zafar   -   September 17, 2009 at 4:41 am

    Its really a grate blog. You do very good efforts. Your blog reflects your hardworking.
    Keep your good work up.

  11. Constance Perkins   -   September 17, 2009 at 10:15 am

    Thanks for using my Russian propaganda inspired flyer! It’s the one that says Shortwave Dahlia. http://www.flickr.com/photos/88083601@N00/3550384732

  12. Kaplang   -   September 18, 2009 at 9:49 am

    cool collection, I like the last one the best though, mainly because i think its cute :)

  13. Barndon Wiseman   -   October 22, 2009 at 5:03 am

    i like these they are cool plus i like cccp things