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War on the Workers  (Anne Feeney)

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War on the Workers
AuthorAnne Feeney
First published2001
TypeSong lyrics
SourceGenius.com


Listen up, we've got a war zone here today

Right in our heartland, and across the USA

These multinational bastards don't use tanks and guns it's true

But they've declared a war on us, fight back! It's up to you

There's a war on the workers

There's a war on the workers

There's a war on the workers

And it's 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

There's a war on the workers

There's a war on the workers

There's a war on the workers

And it's time we started calling the shots

When they boost your co-pay, (it's a war on the workers!)

Don't you know what to say - (it's a war on the workers!)

When they talk privatization (it's a war on the workers!)

And co-operation (it's a war on the workers!)

When they call you “a team” (it's a war on the workers!)

You’d better learn how to scream (it's a war on the workers!)

There's a war on the workers

There's a war on the workers

There's a war on the workers

And it's time we started calling the shots

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!

It’s a war on the workers

It’s a war on the workers

It’s a war on the workers

And it’s time we started calling the shots

They call it "flexibility" (it's a war on the workers!)

But every working stiff can see (it's a war on the workers!)

When they poison our water (it's a war on the workers!)

Don’t go like lambs to the slaughter (it's a war on the workers!)

When they foul up the air (it's a war on the workers!)

You’ve gotta show that you care (it's a war on the workers!)

When they talk WTO (it's a war on the workers!)

We should be screaming HELL NO! (it's a war on the workers!)

Oh, it's a war on the workers--

It's a war on public education, it's a war on child labor protections, it's a war on the 8 hour day, it's a war on occupational health & safety, a war on social security -- Now thanks to WTO, GATT, NAFTA, MAI , the IMF and the World Bank it's a world wide war --

There's a war on the workers

There's a war on the workers

There's a war on the workers

And its time, sister and brothers, I said its time right now

That we started calling the shots