[Newspoetry] second draft of WHAT "SOLIDARITY FOREVER" MEANS TO ME (fwd)

[Paul Kotheimer]

WHAT "SOLIDARITY FOREVER" MEANS TO ME

(to the tune of "John Brown's Body," a.k.a. "The Battle Hymn of the
Republic," a.k.a., "Solidarity Forever.")

1. It is us who flip your burgers.
It is us who cut your hair.
It's us who work as "part time
temporaries" everywhere.
Every worker needs a decent
living wage--It's only fair!
Will the Union make us strong?

CHORUS:	"Solidarity Forever"
	means workers fighting workers never.
	The bosses think they're pretty clever,
	but a union makes us strong.

2. So we've got to feed our kids, here,
but you will not let us pass.
You call yourselves a union,
yet you bully and harass.
You call us f***ing scabs, and then
you kick us in the ass.
Is that how "Union" makes you strong?

CHORUS

3. And whenever Union officers
stand up and state their views
and a quote from them gets edited
into the nightly news,
Do they still retain the freedom
to endorse the slate they choose?
Can the Union still keep strong?

New Chorus:

If "Solidarity Forever" 
means workers fighting workers never,
then brother Dave can say whatever,
and our Union keeps us strong.

4. Still, we open up the paper
in the morning and we read
that the corporations passed another
treaty based on greed.
When will our economic system
work for human need?
When our Union makes us strong!

CHORUS

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