Anne Feeney War on the Workers lyrics

Anne Feeney
Have You Been to Jail for Justice?
War on the Workers
War on the Workers © Anne Feeney (1994) BMI

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 --