We Belong to the Union- Australian Workers' Union Song (With Lyrics)

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✠ The song is writen and singed by Tim O'Brein.The Australian Workers Union (AWU) is one of Australia's largest and oldest trade unions. It traces its origins to unions founded in the pastoral and mining industries in the 1880s and currently has approximately 100,000 members. It has exercised an influence on the Australian trade union movement and on the Australian Labor Party throughout its history.The AWU is one of the most powerful unions in the Labor Right faction of the Australian Labor Party. ✠

#prayforaustralia
Lyrics:

You can bruise my pride
And bust my face
Scatter my rights
All over the place
And take the bread
From of my plate
But you can't break me!

Lock me out
Chain the gates
Put black shirts in
With dogs and mace
I'll hold the line
Won't step away
'Cause you can't break me!

I belong
You belong
We belong to the Union

Don't count me out
When I'm on the floor
We'll win again
We've won before
The streets will ring
With a mighty roar
'Cause you can't break me!

Stocks rise up
On workers' backs
Profits soar
While you hand out the sack
Boardroom bullies
Bloated and fat
But you can't break me!

Australia sold
To mates offshore
Backroom deals
And shonky law
The day has come
We say "No more!"
'Cause you can't break me!

I Belong
You belong
We belong to the Union
I belong
You belong
We belong to the Union

We won't turn away
If you dare us to fight
I swear
I'll never lay down and die

I'm in the union mate
Got a right to belong
We'll be back
Millions strong
Women and men
United as one
'Cause you can't break me!

There's a warning here
To the men in grey
The pipers come
It's time to pay
We're taking back
What you stole away
Cause you can't break me!

I belong
You belong
We belong to the Union
I belong
You belong
We belong to the Union

I belong
You belong
We belong to the Union