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stoppit-keepout · 1 year ago

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was on a picket line today! i had a lot of time to really contemplate whether our chants were good life advice to distract myself from the fact that "the people united will never be defeated" does not rhyme, and is an insult to the original "el pueblo unido jamás será vencido"

anyway here are my top 4 union chants to internalize:

they don't like us // we don't care

yes. absolutely. don't place your self-value in other people's approval, an evergreen message.

when [x] is under attack, what do we do? // stand up fight back!

many of us did not have good rhythm, and no chant is better at highlighting that particular deficit than this one. it has a pickup, love it! almost as much as we love to defend our rights and the rights of the people we love :)

we feel good, we feel fine, when you don't cross picket lines

this one brings a fun guilt trip energy to your workplace. :( don't cross :( we'll feel sad :( :( (it was not particularly effective)

fuck you // pay us

satisfying.

#or rather gratuitous textpost about yourself #one of the organizers also wrote their own little bella ciao which was very cute #the refrain was 'contract now contract now contract now now now'#(the union hasn't had a contract for like a year and a half i think? my employer kind of sucks)#(and to clarify it isn't my union on strike; it is my former sort of union that the employer 'voluntarily' let my class of employees join..#... and then wouldn't let the union bargain an agreement for us; an arbitrator ruled they negotiated in bad faith and owed the union damage #but it's an open question as to whether i was a member. anyway left that job; took another job w/ a different union. enjoying that!#also enjoying the chance to vent a little of my bad blood with my employer :) )

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