A Song by Catherine O'Brien and Allan Caswell©Catherine O'Brien and Allan Caswell 2007
http://bmuc.blogspot.com/2007/05/new-legislation-song-by-catherine.html
chorus: freedom of choice with a gun to your head your right to work hard until you drop dead or we'll get some other fool in here instead 'cos we got this new legislation
the secretary's future doesn't look great the boss says she showed up for work an hour late besides she refused to go out on a date and he's got this new legislation
the 4th year apprentice he's done well at tafe he's worked real hard to make his future safe but we've got to downsize son so you're on your way cos we got this new legislation
your union card won't do you favours round here cos we've smelt your breath and we think we smelt beer and if you discuss it son you're outa here cos we got this new legislation
we wouldn't say darlin' that you're overweight we think you're lovely your work has been great but we're all out of uniforms except for size eight cos we got this new legislation
overtime's over the contract is signed penalty rates mate are all in your mind cos we've got your arse now on our bottom line cos we got this new legislation
your right to life's over as soon as you're born 24 seven we've got you on call your time's now our time that's no crime at all cos we got this new legislation
what we said last year mate we can't recall and that mutual agreement wasn't mutual at all cos we made the small print incredibly small and we got this new legislation ______________________________________
Many thanks to Cathie O'Brien and Allan Caswell for permission to add this song to the Union Songs collection.
Cathie and Allan met up one evening to write a song about the WorkChoices laws passed by the then John Howard Australian Government and its repercussions on the average worker.
They wrote the song from a social justice and Human Rights perspective.
Visit Cathie's website at: http://www.catherineobrien.com/
Visit Allan's website at: http://www.shoestringrecords.tv/Singersongwriterseries/allancaswell/ caswellindex.html
The independently-produced single is now on iTunes at the cost of $A1.69.
Help with the success of this song by downloading your own copy from http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum? playListId=252820455
An injury to one is an injury to all http://www.iww.org.au/
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