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Lyr Add: Minimum Wage Workers' Strike (Rovics)

04 Feb 00 - 02:47 PM (#173622)
Subject: Lyr Add: MINIMUM WAGE STRIKE^^
From: MandolinPaul

Another cool tune by David Rovics. Since I once spent eight years working retail, it rings true for me.

When I awoke one morning
There was a feeling in the air
Everything was quiet
Things were different everywhere
The Wobblies were back again
With Joe Hill at the mike
When all the minimum-wage workers went on strike

There was no one flipping burgers
All the grills were cold
Onion rings were in their bags
Fries were growing mold
There were no baristas at Starbucks
Asking, "how many shots would you like?"
When all the minimum-wage workers went on strike

There was no one pumping gasoline
No one driving from town to town
No one at the registers
All the highways were shut down
The cars were stuck in their garage
Businessmen on bikes
When all the minimum-wage workers went on strike

The fruit was falling off the trees
No one to load the trucks
Corn was rotting on the stalk
No farm hands to shuck
The workfare workers were hanging at home
Spending the day with their tykes
When all the minimum-wage workers went on strike

Yuppie parents were housebound
Their nannies left the job
Wal-Mart workers said enough
Of our labor has been robbed
The Foot Locker was locked up
The boss had to take a hike
When all the minimum-wage workers went on strike

(Repeat first verse)

05 Feb 00 - 03:12 AM (#173860)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Minimum Wage Workers' Strike
From: Liz the Squeak

OOh, nice one, where would we be if it really happened??

LTS, who has just become a Civil Servant (IRS) and is earning a whole lot more than her previous job in local government!!

05 Feb 00 - 06:52 AM (#173870)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Minimum Wage Workers' Strike
From: MandolinPaul

Hey Liz.

My ticket out of retail was going back to school and becoming an accountant. Even though I'm Canadian, and therefore will never have to deal with you, I'm afraid I must still consider you the enemy.