On The Picket Lines

Toxic Dreams (by Pat Wynne) U.S. Labor Culture

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Pat Wynne
Toxic Dreams
by Pat Wynne

Picketline's Labor Song

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Where Do You Stand? (The Whiteville Choir) U.S. Labor Culture

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... for the week of November 23, 2009

Where Do You Stand?

By The Whiteville Choir

The Whiteville Choirare members of UNITE Local 1077 in Whiteville, N.C. They all work at Whiteville Apparel, a factory which manufactures men's suits bearing the UNITE union label.

The Choir's unique blend of labor and gospel music has been an inspiration to union activists around the world. They have been featured in SingOut Magazine, Australia's Green Left Weekly, The Independent, and numerous national labor publications. Their raucous and heartfelt music never fails to rock diverse audiences to their feet at music festivals, concerts, and labor conferences. They offer an ongoing presence at picket lines and demonstrations throughout the South.

Many of the tapes and CDs featured on BigLabor.com can be purchased through the non-profit, labor-supported Labor Heritage Foundation: http://www.laborheritage.org/

http://www.wheredoyoustand.info/
http://www.unionist.com/images/stories/audio/whiteville_wheredoyoustand.mp3

historical timeline of the 25-year struggle

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Mean Things Happening In This World (Blackfire) U.S. Labor Culture

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http://www.myspace.com/blackfirerocks

There is mean thing happening in this land
Mean things happening in this land
But the people are going on
The people are growing strong
There’s mean things happening in this land

There is mean thing happening in this land
Mean things happening in this land
Children crying in the street
They ain’t got no food to eat
There’s mean things happening in this land

There are mean thing happening in this land
Mean things happening in this land
We sent our boys all off to war
Now tell me what was it all for?
There’s mean things happening in this land

There is mean things happening in this land
There is mean things happening in this land

There are mean thing happening in this land
Mean things happening in this land
If you’re black or brown or tan
You’re in trouble with the man
There’s mean things happening in this land

There is mean thing happening in this land
Mean things happening in this land
But the people are going on
The people are growing strong
There’s mean things happening in this land

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One Big Union for Two U.S. Labor Culture

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One Big Union for Two

Album: Pins And Needles (1962)

He:

I’ve decided the only way I can woo
Is to take a hint from the affl and the cio

She:
Now you’re talking, perhaps I might listen to you
I don’t say that I’ll yes,
But don’t say I’ll say no

He:
Then it’s not too late to negotiate

She:
Oh, well, we’ll see

Both:
Perhaps we can agree

He:
I’m on a campaign to make you mine
I’ll picket you until you sign
In one big union for two
No courts and junction can make me stop
Until your love is all closed shop
In one big union for two
Seven days a week I want the right
To call you mine both day and night
The hours may be long
But fifty million union members can’t be wrong

She:

When we have joined up perhaps there’ll be
A new recruit or two or three
For that’s what team work can do

Both:
In one big union for two

She:
We won’t have sit-downs inside our gate
We’ll never need to arbitrate
In one big union for two

He:
We will have no lock-outs to make us frown
No stabbing when I’m out of town
In one big union for two

She:
Will you pay your dues,
They’re very light
A kiss each day
And a kiss each night
Our life will be a song
For..

Both:
Fifty million union members can’t be wrong

He:
When we have signed up and made the grade
We’ll let a member-

She:
Union made

Both:
Who looks like me and like you
In one big union for two

둘을 위한 하나의 큰 노동조합
Album: Pins And Needles (1962)

남자:
제가 당신에게 구혼할 수 있는 방법은 오로지 이것 뿐.
AFL과 CIO로부터 힌트를 얻는 것.

여자:
자 말해봐요. 귀기울여 들을께요.
제가 YES라고 할 것이라 말하는 건 아니지만,
그렇다고 NO라고 말할 것이라고 하는 것도 아녜요.

남자:
아직 협상(결정)하기에 너무 늦은 건 아니예요.

여자:
오, 그럼요. 당연하죠.

모두:
아마도 우리는 서로 동의하게 될 거예요.

남자:
전 캠패인 중이예요. 당신을 내 사람을 만들기 위해.
당신이 우리 모두를 위한 노동조합에 가입할 때까지
저는 피켓팅을 할 거예요.

그 어떤 유혹이나 연락(?)조차도 날 막지 못해요.
당신의 사랑이 모두 클로즈드 숍이 될 때까지......
우리 모두를 위한 노동조합.

일주일에 7일 동안, 밤이나 낮이나(언제나)
당신을 내 사람으로 부를 수 있기를 바래요.
그 시간은 매우 길 거예요.
그러나 5천만 조합원들이 모두 틀릴 수는 없잖아요.

여자:
우리가 노조에 가입하면 아마도
신입 조합원이 한명, 두명, 세명 늘어나겠죠.
왜냐면 그것은 팀워크로 이룰 수 있는 것이니......

모두:
우리 모두를 위한 커다란 단일 노동조합이 있으니......

※ closed shop 클로즈드 숍 《노동 조합원만을 고용하는 사업장;cf. OPEN SHOP》

여자:
우리는 여기 문 안에서 연좌파업을 하게 되지는 않을 거예요.
우리는 결코 중재(조정)을 필요로 하지 않을 거예요.
우리 모두를 위한 하나의 단일 노동조합이 있으니......

남자:
우리는 직장폐쇄(사용자측의 쟁의행위)로 난처하게 되지도 않을 거예요.
내가 마을에서 쫓겨나도(해고를 당해도) 마음에 상처입는 일은 없을 거예요.
우리 모두를 위한 거대한 단일 노동조합이 있으니.......

여자:
조합비는 당연히 낼 거죠?
그것들은 얼마 되지 않는 답니다.
매일 아침 키스 한번
그리고 매일 저녁 키스 한번
우리의 인생은 노래와 같을 거예요.
왜냐면......

모두:
5천만 조합원들이 모두 틀릴 수는 없기에......

남자:
우리가 노조에 가입하고 역경을 이겨냈을 때
우리는 조합원이 될 수가 있을 거예요.

여자:
노동조합은

모두:
나처럼 그리고 당신처럼 우리를 닮게 되었죠.
우리 모두를 위한 커다란 단일 노동조합이 있으니......

Pins And Needles (1962 Revival Cast)

September 06, 2004
Pins and Needles: A young and unknown Barbra Streisand sings union songs
In 1937, something new appeared on the Broadway stage in New York City -- a musical called "Pins and Needles" written by Harold Rome and starring members of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU). It ran for 4 years and was revived in 1962. At that time a largely unknown young singer called Barbra Streisand featured in its cast and stole the show.

"Pins and Needles" features songs like "It's Better with a Union Man", "Not Cricket to Picket" and "One Big Union for Two" -- the lyrics to all the show's songs can be found here.

We're delighted to be playing the entire show throughout the week on Radio LabourStart.

Posted by ericlee at 08:38 AM

Barbra Streisand
http://www.barbrastreisand.com/
http://www.labourstart.org/radio/2004_09.html
http://www.marxists.org/archive/maclean/works/1920-obu.htm
http://www.socialistworker.org/2005-2/550/550_10_IWW.shtml
http://www.iww.org/en/culture/official/obu/index.shtml
http://www.aflcio.org/