What Would Woody Think

The workin’ man and woman used to have a friend they called the union If they were treated badly by the bosses there was retribution They’d call a strike until there was a compromise or a solution Hand in hand together they would fight until their rights were won.

The unions started disappearing quickly in the nineteen eighties People got too satisfied or nervous or they just got lazy The memories of the Thirties and the Forties got a little hazy Now every worker’s at the mercy of the multi-company

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Cost effective, bottom line, downsizing lean an meaner The bosses figure every way they can to send you to the cleaners Keep your mouth shut or we’ll send your job to Argentina, or Replace you with a robot with no salary to pay at all

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Corporate raiders, mergers, foreign owners it’s a crooked crowd No one really knows who owns the company they work for now They wanna see a country where a union voice is not allowed If there ever was a time we need the unions well that time is now

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(What would Woody say?)