Don't let the Absenteeism Bug get you: days worked save lives
Long yellow-and-navy banner: a snarling cartoon insect with large wings stands for 'the Absenteeism Bug', beside a navy roundel reading 'Don't let the Absenteeism Bug get you' and large letters 'Days wor...' (the scan is cut off at the right edge). Absence from work is personified as a pest (name-calling), and the slogan ties days worked to lives saved; the fear-appeal is mild.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Government Printing Office issue (issuer not named on sheet)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Labor, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Government Printing Office issue. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-671 (NAID 514150).
Text on the object
DON'T LET THE Absenteeism Bug GET YOU DAYS WOR[cut off at right edge of scan; NARA title continues: Days Worked Save Lives] [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : [illegible]]
