Productivity Bargaining Blues
Author Unknown
Productivity Bargaining Blues
We were assured we had nothing to lose
If two men would do the work of three
Then we would reach prosperity.
Chorus:
If cows could climb up a tree
And sheep could fly in the sky
We might believe much more than we do
'Til then we'll wink our eye!
Productivity Bargaining Blues
The welder now the timber hews
The fitter manages without a mate
But nobody's sent through the factory gate.
Chorus
Productivity Bargaining Blues
They're the latest modern views
Everybody does each others job
And all for the sake of a couple of bob.
Chorus
Productivity Bargaining Blues
Almost drives you on the booze
Ten thousand jobs there were round here
But that was when the labour was dear.
Chorus
Productivity Bargaining Blues
Natural wastage is their ruse
They shrink the size of the labour force
Prettier profits for them of course
Chorus
Productivity Bargaining REFUSE!
Good basic wage means short dole queues
It's not too late, brothers, to end this trend
Make the unions every man's job defend.
Chorus
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This item is available for perusal from the Centre for Political Song
collection.
Updated: 20 February, 2006
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