This is a public service announcement
With Poets on the Picket Line
Know your rights
All three of them
Number one
You have the right to strike
Withdrawing your labour is a fundamental principle
So long as you get not just a majority in a ballot
But a 50% turnout and a 40% threshold
This right is brought to you by a government
elected by 24% of the electorate
Know your rights
These are your rights
Number two
You have the right to a political voice
So long as it’s not actually a collective one
Just an individual, opt-in,
Drowned out by your bosses funding
The party that gives them the laws that they want
Know your rights
These are your rights
Number three
You have the right to six pickets
But if you turn up with sixty
What are they going to do about it?!
Know your rights
These are your rights
It has been suggested in some quarters
That this is not enough!
Well …
Get in the union
Get on the picket line
And fight for your right to strike
Know your rights
Fight for your rights
