Union Songs

The Union Grand

A song by Jack Chernos©2004 Jack Chernos
Theme song of the first Million Worker March on Washington

Come all you miners, you truckers, you welders
You dock workers, pipe fitters, pickers, hops, belters
From all walks of life, from each union and local
Come join the Union Grand

Come all you marchers, you chanters, you posters
You tree sitters, sign holders, letter writers, jail goers
For peace and for justice, for the people, for the planet
Come join the Union Grand

Come join the grand, grand union of unions
Come join the Union Grand
All struggles for justice are struggles united
Come join the Union Grand

Solidarity, my friends, there are forces ahold
Institutions and systems running out of control
To harm us and rob us and, worst, to divide us
Come join the Union Grand

Solidarity, my friends, the cogs are upon us
It is life on this planet against the great maw of profit
We must organize and unite if we're ever to stop it
Come join the Union Grand

Come join the grand, grand union of unions ...

Solidarity, my friends, it is a thunderous word
It can shake the tall towers and roil the wide earth
We are the tide, we are billions!
Come build the Union Grand

Come build the grand, grand union of unions ...

Notes

Many thanks to Jack Chernos for permission to add this song to the Union Songs collection

"The Union Grand" was the official theme song of the 2004 Million Worker March on Washington, D.C.

For sheet music and sound clips visit Jack's website: http://www.department-of-justice.org/

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