War on the Workers

from Folklore Ouvrier - EP 2020 by Union Thugs

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Listen up. We got a warzone here today
Right in our heartland and across the USA
These multinational bastards don't use tanks and guns its true
but they've declared a war on us fight back its up to you

CHORUS :
Oh its a war on the workers (War on the workers)
Oh its a war on the workers (War on the workers)
Oh its a war on the workers and its time we started calling the shots

Going to work could be the death of you and me
But we're not unarmed. Our weapon's solidarity
Jim Beals and Karen Silkwood. The list goes on and on
With every year that passes 60, 000 more are gone

[CHORUS]

When they boost your co-pay (war on the workers)
Don't you know what to say? (war on the workers)
When they talk privatization (war on the workers)
And co-operation (war on the workers)
When they call you "a team" (war on the workers)
You'd better learn how to scream (war on the workers)

[CHORUS]

They can lock us out, they can lock us up. We cannot give in
No more lies, no compromise! We'll battle til we win!

[CHORUS]

When they talk "flexibility" (war on the workers)
every working stiff can see (war on the workers)
When they poison your water (war on the workers)
Don't go like lambs to the slaughter (war on the workers)
When they foul up the air (war on the workers)
You've gotta show that you care (war on the workers)
When they talk WTO (war on the workers!)
We should be screaming HELL NO! (war on the workers)

[CHORUS]

Oh its a war on the workers
Its a war on public education, its a war on child labor protection
its a war on the eight hour day, its a war on occupational health and saftey
its a war on social security Now thanks to WTO, GATT, NAFTA, MAI, the IMF and the World Bank. It's a world wide war.

Oh its a war on the workers (War on the workers)
yeah its a war on the workers (War on the workers)
Oh its a war on the workers and its time sisters and brothers
You know its time right now. I said its time we started calling the shots

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from Folklore Ouvrier - EP 2020, released July 4, 2020
Union Thugs (2020)
Anne Feeney (1994 & 2002)

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Union Thugs Montreal, Québec

D’abord travailleurs et travailleuses et ensuite musicien-nes, Union Thugs a commencé à jammer en 2017 avec un objectif précis: Rocker des chansons folks et folker les chansons rock afin de présenter une reprise originale des classiques de la chanson populaire et ouvrière. Le résultat? L'enfant illégitime de Woody Guthrie et Éric Lapointe près à jouer partout, du bar à la ligne de piquetage! ... more

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