In [G] January of [D] two thousand [G] eighteen Transport [C] workers [D] conditions were [G] obscene [C] Salaries replaced by [D] contract [Bm] Overtime out of [Em] control, And [C] ten years without real increase in [D] pay
[C] Crush the Union, [G] Crush the Union [G] You don’t have the right to [D] strike, We’ll pay you [G] what we damn well [D] like, Make [C] worker’s rights a relic of the [D] past, [C] Crush the Union, [G] Crush the Union, [G] Capital has [D] won the war at [G] last.
The Union made the call to strike, 24 hours of no work was sure to bite, Sydney Trains force back To sit at the table, To negotiate a fair and living wage,
Andrew Constance was ready for a fight, Taking from the union what should be their right, To the commission he did go, Lawyers in a row, Fair Work such an ironic name,
Brisbane 1912 they wore a badge with pride, Union members should never have to hide, 10,000 in King George Square, Union power in the air, They fought with courage for their right.
Up the Union, Up the Union, We will keep our right to strike, A fair wage is our right, Worker’s together to the last, Up the Union, Up the Union, Solidarity our message from the past,