Union Songs

Tucked Away

A song by Anna Kenny©Anna Kenny 1997

Tucked away in factories
Working woman, working man
In shops, on sites, in industry
All across the land

Tell the government no
Leave our unions alone
Tell the government no way
No holiday sale

Tucked away in factories
Working woman, working man
Thinking of our families
All across the land

Tell the government no
Leave our families alone
Tell the government no way
No holiday sale

We're stepping forward and stepping free
We are the people who are industry
Standing union proud, standing union tall
Wanting the government to heed our call

Tucked away in factories
Working woman, working man
In shops, on sites, in industry
All across the land

Tell the government no
Leave our unions alone
Tell the government no way
No holiday sale

Notes

Workers in New Zealand campaigned fiercly throughout 1997 and 1998 and forced the government to back down from its attack on the Holidays Act. This song is on Choir Choir Pants on Fire CD "Working Girl Blues". Many thanks to the choir for permission to add this song to the Union Songs collection

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union songs..........a selection by mark gregory