Wurk
Wurk Unveiled: A Anthem for Labor Liberation
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Communication Workers of America
Reference to the Communication Workers of America union.
United Campus Workers of Georgia 3265 bish!
Mention of the United Campus Workers of Georgia local 3265 with emphasis.
Which side are you on
Rhetorical question asking which side of a cause one supports.
Workers ship the boxes
Depiction of various tasks performed by workers, their low pay, and mistreatment.
They swiffer and the mop and
-Look chipper whenever talking
-and whipping the shopping carts
-They pack the beer in the walk-ins
-and stack the weird little boxes
-Keep our kitchen fridges stocked and
-our financial markets solvent
-They clock in for a pithy fitty bucks
-And bear the coughing of like sixty thrifty chad's
-And get spit on like sitting ducks
-And they are sick of getting fucked
-So you ever wanted to honor them?
Call to honor and support workers through collective bargaining against major corporations.
Here's my ask for all my hominids: collective bargainin
-Amazon and Target and Fedex and Walmart and Instacart and Whole Foods til we all get what we oughta get
-Workers run the company, there isn't any argument
-So are you with them are you in?
-El pueblo unido jamás será vencido
Phrase in Spanish: "The people united will never be defeated."
Which side are you on
Repetition of the earlier question about choosing sides.
Imagine a minute, millions of average women and men in the tragic position
Imagery of average people trapped by capitalism, advocating for organized labor to reclaim power from the wealthy.
Of trading in passion for wages in cash cause they shackled by capitalism
-Imagine a minute, millions of average citizens
-Planting the spinach and waxing the kitchens and stacking the linens, contractors and renters and tenants, their labor extracted for pittance
-What if they coordinated to address the sordid state of it in an organization?
-Guess fucking what! That's what organized labor does
-And not even sort of it's more of the crux
-Taking the power from hoarders of bucks,
-Big bankers offshoring their cuts,
-Returning the value of labor to those who create it the billionaires owe it to us
-So if you jaded and surly bout waking up early to earn a bag, if you sad about Bernie, if you've got a curious yearning and had it with passively lurking,
Encouragement for those disheartened by the system to join the cause, supporting and actively participating in labor movements.
We got your back and we happy to have ya,
-out on the picket line actively working going
-Which side are you on?
Reiteration of the question about choosing a side in the labor struggle.
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