Lyrics
Winter Wonderland
Members sing
Are you listening?
There’re some things
That need fixin’
A contract, that’s right,
Or we’ll put up a fight
Fighting ‘til you meet our demands
Gone away are the good jobs
Here to stay are the bad jobs
If you do what’s smart
You’ll do your part
Making UMass jobs good once again
On this campus we can build a union
And make it hard for you to be around
You’ll say “are you done yet?”
We’ll say “no way!”
But you can do your job
and settle now!
Later on
We’ll conspire
For the things, we desire
if you get in our way
we’ll still have our say
fighting ‘til you meet our demands
Jingle Bells
Working at UMass
As a graduate TA (RA)
To Whitmore we go
Chanting all the way
We need a good contract
Benefits and rights
A union for our fight
Oh, GEO Bells, GEO Bells
GEO all the way
Oh what fun it is to have
A union for our say (hey!)
GEO Bells, GEO Bells,
GEO all the way
Oh what fun it is to have
A union for our say
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
We wish you would settle quickly
We wish you would settle quickly
We wish you would settle quickly
A good contract we’ve earned
Good labor we bring
To research and teach
Good labor for UMass
We need a contract
Oh bring us a fair contract
Oh bring us a fair contract
Oh bring us a fair contract
We need a contract
We won’t go until we get one
We won’t go until we get one
We won’t go until we get one
We need a contract
We wish you would settle quickly
We wish you would settle quickly
We wish you would settle quickly
We need a contract
12 Days of Christmas
In the first month of bargaining, UMass offered me…
A heartless bargaining team
In the second month of bargaining, UMass offered me…
Real wage cuts
And a heartless bargaining team
In the third month of bargaining, UMass offered me…
No affordable child care
Real wage cuts
And a heartless bargaining team
In the fourth month of bargaining, UMass offered me…
Increased health care costs
No affordable child care
Real wage cuts
And a heartless bargaining team
Deck the Halls
lyrics by Dan Gelok
Christmas time, no cash for presents
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
UMass pays us less than peanuts
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Santa's coming down the chimney
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
I just had to sell a kidney
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Maybe this sounds kind of crazy
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Taking health care's really shady
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
We'll be pulling out our own hair
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Finding cash to pay for health care
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Working hard to do our jobs right
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Grading papers, grueling late nights
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Stressed and tired and fully nerve-wracked
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
(shouted) I DON'T EVEN HAVE A CONTRACT!
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
We don't mean to pry or mettle
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
But why is it you will not settle?
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Pretty sure you have the money
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Being scrooge-like isn't funny
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
The First Contract
(to the First Noel)
The first contract, the agreement did say,
Was to certain poor graduates a need for good pay
We won healthcare, and childcare too
UMass works because we do
GEO, GEO, GEO, GEO
A substandard contract we will vote “no”
GEO Claus is Coming to Town
You better watch out, you better not cry
Better not pout, I'm telling you why
GEO Claus is coming to town
He's making a list and checking it twice
Gonna find out who's naughty and nice
GEO Claus is coming to town
He sees you when you're bargaining
He knows when you're unfair
He knows when you propose cutbacks
So give us cheap health care!
Oh! You better watch out, you better not cry
Better not pout, I'm telling you why
GEO Claus is coming to town
New Contract
(to to the tune of "White Christmas")
lyrics by James A.W. Shaw and Amanda Plumb
I'm dreaming of a new contract
Just likes the ones we used to win
Where the health care's paid for
And grad workers stay to
See their pay yearly increased
I'm dreaming of a new contract
With every student I do teach
May the Chancellor be fair
We need child and health care
To keep us healthy, safe and bright
I'm dreaming of a new contract
With every paper I do grade
We work hard for UMass
Need a contract real fast
Or else, there'll be hell to pay
(Not So) Silent Night
Childcare, health care
Give us some, It’s only fair
We are families, parent and child
Settle quickly before we go wild
Save our benefits please, save our benefits please
Childcare, health care
A living wage, is only fair
Our cost of living skyrockets high,
To this our salaries should be tied
Save our benefits please, save our benefits please
Childcare, health care
Your cutbacks, rob us bare
To your proposals we say “boo”
UMass works because we do
Save our benefits please, save our benefits please
