Chorus Which side are you on? United we are strong!
Our "leadership" is broken Leading us by the nose. They say, "Ya better retire fast Or watch your health care go"
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Her fist, she waved, that Pixie "We're gonna be strike strong" We scratch our heads for weeks on end And see us strung along.
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To Walnut Creek the reps do go To a fancy big hotel. "Rah, rah let's organize this strike!" Then the Charter bombshell fell.
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Rep Council's full of questions And criticisms too All written down, collected Out the window they all flew.
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We're agatherin' John Handcock's Of members by the score A meeting of the membership Is what we're askin' for
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The members and the reps find Themselves in disarray Out of the dark of night it comes That damned sellout TA.
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A member meeting stonewalled. Again and again we fight. Instead, three info meetings called With no info in sight.
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The ballots are made ready With oh such craftiness Yes for TA or No for strike A pickle of a mess.
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The ballots, they get counted One dark and stormy night Observers firmly kept at bay "Ratified" to our fright.
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At our office we do gather Press Pixie with demands Re-vote, give us our meeting! This fishiness can't stand!
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A re-count is announc'ed Upon the union site But when we come to monitor we find the doors closed tight.
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Our allies on the committee (and observers just a few) check every noon and cranny till a victory comes through.
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So now we stand with no TA Our captain without a clue Clock running fast to the year's end What are we gonna do?
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Spring cleaning must come early Before it's all too late We gotta turn this ship around There's much too much at stake!
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Our contract is the first prize we need a union for Health care for all that don't make us poor Class sizes that don't floor.
Which side are you on? United we are strong!
Nystrom Hulda UTR Union Rep For School/C.M.T |