Nothing you could say could take me away from my Union

Nothing you could do, cause my point of view is Union

I know my rights, I'm standing tall

My Union contract says it all

I'm sayin' it from the heart, I can't be torn apart from my Union

Nothing you could find gives me peace of mind like my Union

Nothing you could get gives me self-respect like my Union

We've all fought hard for what we've got

And when it comes to organizing we're hot!

You'd best be believin' that I'm really needin' my Union

As a matter of opinion, I think we're tops

Union workers are the cream of the crop

As a matter of taste I think you'll choose

To sign that card and cure your workplace blues

No management lie could make me say good-bye to my Union

No dirty tricks, cause I'm gonna stick with my Union

I'll stand by you, you'll stand by me

Cause we've got solidarity

There's not a boss today who could scare me away from my Union. (2x)

(Original by Bill Withers)

New Words by Julie McCall

Sometimes, on our jobs, we feel alone

We just can't take it

But if we organize, history has shown

That we can make it!

Chorus

Just call on your Union, when you need a hand

We all need somebody to lean on

You just might have a problem that we'll understand

We all need a Union to lean on

Union - we can be strong

We can have friends

To help us carry on

Yes we can hang on

As long as we have a Union to lean on

Chorus

When - the boss gets you down, we'll pick you up

Help you to fight it

Hard times come around, but if you are wronged

We'll try to right it!  (Chorus)

For over 25 years Julie McCall wrote hundreds of songs for rallies, picket lines, strikes and other labor struggles.   In the 1970s she left Ohio to come to southern Maryland to work as a Teacher Corps volunteer.  When the program ended she took a job as a unit clerk at the Washington (DC) Hospital Center where she served on the executive board of SEIU Local 722.  Her two decades of working at the Hospital Center gave her seniority, but when she refused to cross the picket line of the striking DC Nurses Association, they fired her. Julie McCall wrote song parodies.  In the tradition of Joe Hill and Woody Guthrie, she poked fun at the boss and built solidarity among workers. She founded the Conference on Creative Organizing at the Great Labor Arts Exchange.  After working, briefly, at the Labor Heritage Foundation office Julie McCall resigned, in 2004, for health reasons.