We are now taking submissions for our next community project for the song, Here’s a Health to the Company. Instructions for how to take part can be found here… kzread.info/dash/bejne/n4V-1smCprzFYZc.html If you don’t want to miss any of these in the future, please sign up to our mailing list at TheLongestJohns.com

@remusjohnlupin8484

Жыл бұрын

Ok fellow seafarers

@blahblahcw

Жыл бұрын

Part of the Union by the strawbs

@elicarlson7682

Жыл бұрын

Ok!

@larry5068

Жыл бұрын

Yes PLEASE Cannot wait for that! This one was so very worth the wait, my favorite song on the album, truly done justice Thank you all of you who made this possible! And now, im just curious, but how many commissions were a part of this community project?

@Kody2905

Жыл бұрын

i love that you guys do things like this. keep it up!

As a guy who has spent a Lifetime doing the backbreaking labors no one else wanted to do. For LONG Days and HARD working conditions. I am so MOVED by this project I can't help but shed a few tears. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! And for all my Brothers and Sisters Still out there pushing HARD. And for all the brethren I have lost to time and conditions....THANK YOU!! You ARE appreciated!!

@thelongestjohns

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@Shebeast3

Жыл бұрын

thank you for all your hard work,you are amazing 👏

@cruciferum

Жыл бұрын

Workers united will never be defeated!

@viniercarp6567

Жыл бұрын

You are the faceless and the nameless, but you are the ones who make the wold turn. Thank you for everything you have done. Workers of the world unite, you have nothing to lose but your chains.

@LincMinecrafter

Жыл бұрын

If you don’t mind me asking, what do you do?

I love that there's a few shots of teachers and restaurant staff and retail workers. Modern labor isn't just the factoryman anymore and we all deserve a better world.

@daynamorris2399

Жыл бұрын

My mom teaches disabled kids for a living and the stories she has about parents could fill at least one book

@Bigslam1993

Жыл бұрын

As someone who has worked as a waiter a few times, I can say its one hell of a physically demanding job. It wouldn't be if certain retarded "etiquette" rules wouldn't exist regarding how to hold full tablets and what footwear to wear. Because screw holding fully loaded tablets with only my left hand with my elbow at a right angle. If I was doing that stuff full time, I'd have a bizeps to rival a bodybuilder... but maybe I had a shitty employer.

@juwev630

Жыл бұрын

I know I'm not going to do anything important but I might say this because I have a full life ahead of me and I Want to accomplish world peace or live when war was just a argument

@sassyviking6003

Жыл бұрын

This is a great point and I'm glad you brought it up. Labor is all who work for their pay, and ultimately make money for the owner class who do no work. We are all workers and we are all on the same side.

@sassyviking6003

Жыл бұрын

@@daynamorris2399 same for my mom. I truly cannot understand how she did it for 40 or so years without quitting. But good on her, and your mom too. It is an important and thankless job.

Solidarity!

@somethingcool2617

Жыл бұрын

FOREVERMORE!!!!!!

@MrxstGrssmnstMttckstPhlNelThot

Жыл бұрын

For-fucking-ever!

@gartcw9955

Жыл бұрын

Forever and always

@TAP7a

Жыл бұрын

✊

@marchindley9856

3 ай бұрын

Forever!

I'm not crying, you're crying! My family has sailors, soldiers, miners, factory workers, gardeners, trade workers, teachers, and more. Often working multiple jobs at once to pay the bills. My grandfather worked the mines for years and we recently discovered he was claustrophobic... Working class pride for life, thank you for such a beautiful video x

@charnor2727

Жыл бұрын

No no, we are both crying

@Isleofflightless.lament

Жыл бұрын

My family were all poor farmers, builders, stonemasons and fishermen. I’m totally not crying

@tfthief4931

Жыл бұрын

I wish we lived in a world where your family did their work out of pure pride and not out of necessity :(

As a blue collar worker, I love this song. It has such deep pride. It says, “you may not know what we do for you, but we know what we do for you.” There are few things with more pride deserved than an honest days work.

@fixerupperer

Жыл бұрын

I definitely feel pride. A fair bit of rage and frustration too. This song definitely drew out some tears.

@eggsiclefishstick5569

Жыл бұрын

Original tune is by dropkick murphys. You should totally. Heck it out

@MrOlympuse410

Жыл бұрын

@@eggsiclefishstick5569 sorry to be that guy, but the dropkick Murphys version is a cover of the original by Dick Gaughan

@cyqry

Жыл бұрын

There is that pride, but I feel the song is more about the underappreciation many workers get for what they do. A job wouldn't exist if there was no need for it, yet we're constantly told to "get a better job" if you want to get anywhere in life... yet we all know who loses their shit when they can't go into a shop because it has no workers left. Thanks for all the hard work and abuse you face at the hands of customers, here's enough for a loaf of bread and nothing more.

@DMWayne-ke7fl

Жыл бұрын

But the question is, do you know what the people who risk their financial futures, to make the companies you work for, do? You get safety, we get success, maybe.

People are angry. We have every right to be. This expresses that perfectly. Thank you! Edited to add: Thank you to Abbie for all of your hard work!

@RealBelisariusCawl

Жыл бұрын

I just want to have a fair shake at having a happy life and I’m so sick of not getting a scrap of the record profits.

@mojavewastelander4035

Жыл бұрын

Check out We All Lift Together from Warframe. Haven't played the game but that song hits hard.

@Cry_Havoc

Жыл бұрын

@@mojavewastelander4035 It's brilliant! I mean, adequate. :)

@douglasallar9176

8 ай бұрын

​@@mojavewastelander4035agreed

@razredge07

7 ай бұрын

I find that anger occurs when a boundary has been crossed. I can think of no clearer boundary being crossed than taking from the wages of the worker. No such thing as "record profits" without wage theft.

The lyrics are important, no doubt. There is a certain resolute tone to the melody. It’s not defeated, or full of self pity. It’s a fight song. It’s an anthem. It’s as timeless as the struggle itself. Remember this feeling, as you listen to it. I believe you are feeling the souls of our brothers and sisters who built this world we live in. Know your worth!! You are a human being, god damn it! Don’t ever forget that.

@CailinZwarts

10 ай бұрын

We are all worth being loved, not exploited, by the society around us. Solidarity forever!

Thinking about the exploited nurses here in NYC striking for safer working conditions, the Johns dropped this at just the right moment!

@thelongestjohns

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@julboir

Жыл бұрын

and with retirements here in france, if they was a french version i'm sure it'd take over very easily...

@DMWayne-ke7fl

Жыл бұрын

Nurses and doctors can be replaced by WebMD.

@an_f-14_tomcat

Жыл бұрын

@@DMWayne-ke7fl If we want everyone to believe they have cancer at all times, yes.

@DMWayne-ke7fl

Жыл бұрын

@an_f-14_tomcat studies show that diagnostic algorithms are more accurate than doctors. I know doctors who use WebMD, people use doctors because they want "bedside manner" meanwhile medical malpractice and infections are a leading cause of death in the US.

The song of the next revolution.

@thelongestjohns

Жыл бұрын

❤️

@kathrynblodgett1969

2 ай бұрын

The song of the ONLY Revolution. Through out history, this is what everyone of them has boiled down to.

As someone who has spent the last 3years organizing union and getting a contract, this brought a tear to my eye

@s.teamspark3858

Жыл бұрын

godspeed.

@takotacos

Жыл бұрын

Good fortune to you and your efforts. Even mature unions with stable contracts with decades of established arbitrations and labor rulings to reference struggle. However, organizing from the ground up and getting a contract is a special struggle, and getting that done is an amazing task. Keep fighting.

@mikkykyluc5804

Жыл бұрын

From one organizer to another: thank you.

@clarenceeugene9692

Жыл бұрын

I hope your union is crushed. Worker performance is terrible across all industries and services. They don't have a leg to stand on when it comes to collective bargaining. And with all the illegal immigration flowing into the West, they can easily be replaced.

@s.teamspark3858

Жыл бұрын

everyone remember not to give clarence eugene any of your time, he is either someone infected by the state or a troll.

If you listen faintly, you can hear the sound of Daily Mail Readers heads exploding with rage. 🤣

@thomaskole9881

Жыл бұрын

Broke reactionaries: "nooooo you cant have class consciousness, daddy Prager said worship billionaires!!!" Woke laborers: *laughs in solidarity*

That's my shot of Thornrose Graveyard at 0:20--how thrilling to see the dear old place in this! I decided to send that in because when I walk there, it makes me think of the many generations of hard-working little folks who've gone before, and laid the way for me, unremembered. This whole thing is just too lovely. Thank you, Johns, from all us workers. Here's a health to this whole company, and let's up and take another, even when it's hard! God bless us all, and here's a to a better year in 2023.

@benannan2381

Жыл бұрын

I've walked there before as well. It's a place I had never expected to see here. Thank you.

Thanks to all the hard workers out there! I know you feel used and abused. You are much appreciated and I hope somehow this helps move things in a better direction.

@thelongestjohns

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!

@thewiseturtle

Жыл бұрын

To be honest, if you feel used and abused, please quit and do something you love or at least work in an environment you love. We need the world as happy and healthy as possible.

@PrideTheTiefling

Жыл бұрын

@@thewiseturtle not everyone can just quit. Life doesn't work like that

@thewiseturtle

Жыл бұрын

@@PrideTheTiefling Everyone can quit a normal job. Though there are still some countries where there are really cruel laws and/or authorities where there are really bad consequences (like where you have to serve in armies by law, or the Chinese "reeducation" camps for ethnic Uyghurs, for example). Either way, I support you in finding a way to do what you love in an environment you love, so that the world is happier and healthier.

@PrideTheTiefling

Жыл бұрын

@@thewiseturtle no, not everyone. Please educate yourself more before spreading misinformation like this. Not everyone has the same opportunities as you do

For those who don't know, when the video is paused you can move it frame by frame with "," (Comma) for the previous frame, and "." (Period) for the next frame. "J" will jump backward 10 seconds, "K" will Pause/Play (so will the Space Bar), and "L" will jump forward 10 seconds. "🡰" (Left Arrow) will jump backward 5 seconds, and "🡲" (Right Arrow) will jump forward 5 seconds. Good luck in your searches! (You can find other keyboard shortcuts by holding "Shift" plus "?".)

@CapriUni

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for these tips!

@ob1qtx421

Жыл бұрын

Note: this only works on computers

@matejlieskovsky9625

Жыл бұрын

For those still looking for themselves: The mosaic appears to be constant. Go to the very end and look there. Once you find yourself there, look at the surrounding pictures. This will make searching a lot easier.

@kaylab7685

Жыл бұрын

@@matejlieskovsky9625 Although, the final picture doesn't appear to fit the whole mosaic, so if you can't find yourself there, keep looking through the rest of the video.

@crasyperson123

Жыл бұрын

Another tip, if you hit the F key, you will jump into and out of full screen, and hitting the numbers above the keyboard will take you to certain spots of the video. Example, hitting 2 takes you 20% of the way through the video, hitting 8 will take you 80% of the way through, and hitting 0 will restart it.

workers of the world unite!!!!

Between the announcement of this and the final release, I've actually become involved in protest and direct action for this cause. Couldn't be happier with how you've presented this. Hopefully the movement for change continues silently gathering momentum at the rate that it is and people learn more of just how precedented this is in our history. Solidarity from an old mill town of Lancashire.

@cruciferum

Жыл бұрын

Why silently though? :) Solidarity from Athens, Greece!

@hexshadowman

Жыл бұрын

Direct action is the only way that there will ever be change on a systemic level. What rights we do enjoy were not granted to us from the benevolence of the powerful, they were earned through the determination and blood of those who fought for them. And now, as they continue to be chipped away at, it's up to us to keep those rights and fight for more. Solidarity from Orlando, Florida!

@RobertJW

Жыл бұрын

SOLIDARITY!!

@hiimj5555

Жыл бұрын

Solidarity from a different mill town in Yorkshire :)

@einarsharpe7637

Жыл бұрын

Solidarity from an old mill town on the sleepy Olympic peninsula USA.

"You let one ant stand up to us, then they all might stand up. Those puny little ants outnumber us 100 to 1, and if they ever figure that out; there goes our way of life! It's not about food, it's about keeping those ants in line." From Hopper's speech in the Pixar-movie A Bug's Life. Stay strong, band together, keep the unions together. Speak up and work as a unit. They need us, a lot more than we need them.

As an 'elderly' lady, cook on many a freighter and an active member of 'The Seamans Union' in Denmark for years, I applaud you boys. This puts me in tears of gratitude and renews the almost faded courage in my heart to know that the young ones are picking up the torch. Hold it high make it burn with your passion for those who hold up our world, with their sweat and blood, tears and pain, frowned upon and ignored because we are only manual labor. The chorus has me sobbing. Thank you. ❤❤

@user-ro3ui5uh9v

3 ай бұрын

Thank you.

Workers of the world unite, we have nothing to lose but our chains

@laterreurrouge1917

Жыл бұрын

✊🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

@mcjavabelike8320

Жыл бұрын

☭

@xxsalem432hzxx4

Ай бұрын

HOO RAH!

Workers of the world unite!

If this doesn’t stir something in you, you have no soul. Solidarity forever.

@KingOreo2017

Жыл бұрын

If it doesn’t stir something in you, you’re just a shitty manager 😂

@Basedlocation

Жыл бұрын

Only the parasites 💵 feel nothing

@NutmegBGB

9 ай бұрын

United we bargain, divided we beg

@Dr.Hoppity

8 ай бұрын

Solidarity Forever

Glad I wore my high-vis shirt, makes me easy to find. Also great to see so many other high-vis shirts in the crowd! I work a desk job now, but I hope I never forget the lessons I learned from working with my hands in the sun, the rain, and whatever else Nature graced me with. Hard hats off to the workers!

@thelongestjohns

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks for taking part!!

@eliquate

Жыл бұрын

By hand and by BRAIN. Still in it, mate.

@chadfalkin6850

Жыл бұрын

hey, keep that hard hat on!

@Robin_Goodfellow

Жыл бұрын

@@chadfalkin6850 Sorry, boss. Headband gets sweaty, boss.

LYRICS: O' Come all of you workers Who toil night and day By hand and by brain To earn your pay Who for centuries long past For no more than your bread Have bled for your countries And counted your dead We're the first ones to starve The first ones to die The first ones in line For that pie-in-the-sky And always the last When the cream is shared out For the worker is working When the fat cat's about In the factories and mills, In the shipyards and mines We've often been told To keep up with the times For our skills are not needed, They've streamlined the job And with sliderule and stopwatch Our pride they have robbed We're the first ones to starve The first ones to die The first ones in line For that pie-in-the-sky And always the last When the cream is shared out For the worker is working When the fat cat's about But when the sky darkens And the prospect is war Who's given a gun And then pushed to the fore And expected to die For the land of our birth Though we've never owned One lousy handful of earth We're the first ones to starve The first ones to die The first ones in line For that pie-in-the-sky And always the last When the cream is shared out For the worker is working When the fat cat's about And all of these things The worker has done From tilling the fields To carrying the gun We've been yoked to the plough Since time first began And always expected To carry the can We're the first ones to starve The first ones to die The first ones in line For that pie-in-the-sky And always the last When the cream is shared out For the worker is working When the fat cat's about We're the first ones to starve The first ones to die The first ones in line For that pie-in-the-sky And always the last When the cream is shared out For the worker is working When the fat cat's about

@bryanwegman7258

Жыл бұрын

Legend!

@Legless_Orphan

Жыл бұрын

I was just about to ask for the lyrics thabk you kind sir for posting them

@manuelkipka

11 ай бұрын

Thank's to you ^^

Workers of the world, unite!

I worked all through Covid, being told but that I'm essential and a hero, while being threatened with death by death from people being fired up by cable news. We couldn't demand people wear masks, since the local and county police refused to enforce it. But I was essential. I was a hero. They thanked me for my service... For a minute. Now it's back to 'you're lucky you have a job', and 'get back to work.'. I never stopped. They're on cable news complaining about the million workers that are missing, calling them lazy. They're not lazy. They're dead. They're gone. They're not coming back.

nothing to lose but our chains

@saltedjules_

6 ай бұрын

✊

Thank you all ye workers. The lady signing was so cool

@thelongestjohns

Жыл бұрын

❤️

Keep fighting all, unionize and get the power to the people!

This song helped radicalize so many people, and rightfully so. It speaks a deep truth that the powerful from local warlords to slavers to presidents to CEOs are terrified of workers understanding. That WE are the ones who do all the work and COULD hold all the power if we worked together.

For workers of the world, unite! For let their failed divisions of us fall! For let us sing unity and raise a tomorrow made for us all!

@jaidencracknell2326

Жыл бұрын

Legit this is the last place I thought a TOH fan would be in lmao

@TOH_Fan

10 ай бұрын

@@jaidencracknell2326 Yes comrade, if us weirdos must stick together, and every worker is told they are weirdo under capitalism, then we must inherently all be united against the bourgeoisie. *The Belosgeosisie.*

@jaidencracknell2326

10 ай бұрын

@@TOH_Fan Lol, indeed

Workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains!

@astralseaslug546

Жыл бұрын

Preach comrade :)

@avionrico6941

Жыл бұрын

All to gain, but you risk building stronger chains if sucessful.

@professorgrimm4602

Жыл бұрын

@@avionrico6941 High risk, high reward.

@avionrico6941

Жыл бұрын

@@professorgrimm4602 That's one way to look at it. The way I see it, democratic reform of capitalism is an objectively better solution than communism, because 99% of the time, communism ends up being an authoritarian hellscape

@matthewsimmons4597

Жыл бұрын

@@avionrico6941 My friend capitalism is the system of stock holders demanding more and more growth for more and more payout. They are why the workers can't dictate their schedules, their production, their pay etc. For every dollar someone earns that isn't worked for there is someone creating a dollar of earnings they will never receive. There is no reform of capitalism. Labor and Capital will always be at odds until one wipes out the other.

Here on International Worker's Day. Workers of the world, Unite!

Welp, wasn't expecting this to make me cry, but here we are. Cheers to Robbie and the boys, everyone who contributed, and all the workers of the world ✊

@eliquate

Жыл бұрын

It’s nice to hear I’m not the only one who gets SUPER emotional by this. 🤝✊

@immortalinwell5935

Жыл бұрын

@@eliquate this happened to come on my feed after a REALLY stressful day at work and it took everything I had to not burst into tears on the bus home. You're not alone!

I have to give major props to the woman who cosplayed Rosie the Riveter. That's legit, love to see it.

Solidarity.

@thelongestjohns

Жыл бұрын

❤️

Workers of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains you've got the whole world to win.

Happy to be a part of this community and this project. All the extra clips of everyone working really made this one feel special. Thank you for bringing us all together for another project, and thank you to all the workers out there

@thelongestjohns

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for being here!

@franklyanogre00000

Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad I got to see this, I can't stop crying. Thank you dearly.

This song means more to me every time I buy groceries. Every time I watch a paycheck disappear the same day it's deposited. Every time I worry about my job security. Every time I yearn to own a small homestead on land surrounded by a community that provides most necessities for itself.

Workers of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains!

It was pure truth when Pickford wrote it over 300 years ago and still is today. We must do better. Thank you for doing this

@thelongestjohns

Жыл бұрын

300 years ago? He’s still alive today!

Happy May Day, everyone. Stand with unions and support workers' rights ✊

Workers unionize! - A French worker. Solidarity !

Shoutout to all of my fellow EMS folks

@thelongestjohns

Жыл бұрын

❤️

@gloraelin

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for doing what y'all do. Signed, an unfortunately frequent user

All glory to the workers of the world!

I Don’t think you understand how much this touches the 9-5 worker like Johnny cash said the saddest blues are a workin man blues and there are only a few songs that capsulate that and this is one

Come all ye brothers arisen by the solidaritous tunes that avail our ears! Come and sing this song with us all as loud as you can! Fantastic work lads, and fantastic work to everyone who took part!

Workers of the world unite for the union makes us strong 💪 👍 ⚒🛠🔨

As one of the singers, I am sooooo looking forward to this! After almost 2 years of off and on searching, I still have yet to find myself in the Wellerman, but hopefully I will have better luck this time! But no matter what, I'm proud to have been a part of this!

@Musicnotes399

Жыл бұрын

Same here. Tried to find myself in the wellerman but way too many awesome singers. I'm curious to see how many singers this time around. This time I wore a top hat to help me stand out lol

@nightspicer

Жыл бұрын

@@Musicnotes399 about a year after the release I found a great way. There's an extension "Screenshot KZread", which allows to to take a screenshot from the video at its resolution (4k on the Wellerman). You go to the very end, where can you see all the people, take a screenshot at 4k and pop it into some photo editing software (GIMP or PhotoShop or anything like that) and then you can easily go through every little window after zooming in.

This is both Adequate, and Beyond Adequate. Thank you to everyone who made it happen.

@thelongestjohns

Жыл бұрын

❤️

If you don’t have an inflationary uplift in your wage, keep pressing

This is beautiful. Such a wonderful song of solidarity sang by such a diverse and wide array of people. Something about it truly speaks to my heart and brings tears to my eyes. I wanted to participate in this project too, but felt discouraged because of my struggles with being really self-conscious and hating how I look, but seeing how beautiful and brave this turned out, I wish I had the courage to send that file.

@Tr1sh4Lynn

Жыл бұрын

Hey, there’s always the next one. I hope you’re able to get to that point. (I mean that sincerely because I also know the struggle of being self-conscious of how I look these days.)

The longest Johns is like the only group I've ever seen who're so obviously pro-worker. Incredible work to all of you, incredibly well done.

I was only just dipping my newbie toes in the sea of Johns when this project was beginning, so I’m very much looking forward to watching, and seeing the reactions of those who participated.

I love this song so much and it is really special that you all made this project. I am fairly well off having a "cushy office job" but I have worked terrible jobs before from detasseling corn to fast food, to retail. We all have to stick together and stand by eachother because at the end of the day we are all workers. I will always have more in common with the factory workers or fast food cashiers than I will ever have with the fat cats who are crushing us all. We all deserve dignity, safety, and the ability to provides for not only our needs but a reasonable amount of our wants with the labor we perform. A living wage if you will.

@ccaagg

Жыл бұрын

Right. Cushy or not, you're still selling your time when the leisure class don't have to. Don't let them divide us. All who must work are working class. That line is only ever blurred when you're an employer, investor or landlord - it doesn't matter whether you're a delivery driver or software engineer.

@sassyviking6003

Жыл бұрын

@@ccaagg Amen! PS, landleeches (landlords) are parasites

@thomaskole9881

Жыл бұрын

@@ccaagg ab-so-lu-tely. The imaginary distinction between 'low-end' and 'cushy' work serves only to divide workers and set them against one another, when it's solidarity across the different professions that will allow the labouring class to band together against exploitation.

@CAFEkatArt

Жыл бұрын

Plus an office job is still exposing u to harm and often is also undervalued. My office technician job has me maxed out at 22.70 and hr. In Southern California. It’s not enough

@ccaagg

Жыл бұрын

@@CAFEkatArt And by the nature of what people do in office jobs, you're also usually far more alienated from the product of your labour than someone in, say, manufacturing.

Working in retail during the entirety of the pandemic while trying to get by and supporting my family, I salute everyone who put their lives at risk and put up with the BS we still deal with on a daily basis. Longest Johns and community, thank you for doing this! I love this so much and I'm gonna show it to everyone who work so many hours to make ends meet shows that we care!

Workers of the world unite in solidarity! Organize, march, and above all else. Love yourself and you fellow workers. Demand better.

I dug the lady signing the lyrics! Solidarity to my fellow public sector workers fighting their corner!

Thank you. My family is blue collared workers in the US, with prior generations in the coal mines. Blue collars are especially the first to be forgotten, making it difficult to seek even needed treatment. Modern technology and regulations put so many miners out of jobs, which paid to feed families.

Will be going through this frame by frame looking for us 😀

@MrRicehard

Жыл бұрын

I spotted me already. Wooo. Longest John and crew. Much respect to everybody. :)

@xraylexxchannel

Жыл бұрын

@@MrRicehard you can see yourself in the thumbnail?

@LongLiveHumour

Жыл бұрын

Good luck, I never found myself in Wellerman haha

@xraylexxchannel

Жыл бұрын

@@LongLiveHumour we were on for a nanosecond and about 3 pixels high 😀

@nightspicer

Жыл бұрын

@@LongLiveHumour it got me a while, cause I was a tiny square at the veeery end 😂

Workers Unite. An Attack on one of us is an Attack on ALL of us. We outnumber them, we hold the power.

Mad props to the one user SIGNING the song as well as singing it. Bravo!

@MoonLitChild

Жыл бұрын

There's always at least two signing the lyrics, and even though I'm not deaf (I am disabled) it's seeing them that gets me choked up, each time.

There’s so much here I love, but I have to give a shout out to the two workers toasting with glasses of cream. Brilliant!

@thelongestjohns

Жыл бұрын

🍻

I cried my way through the chorus each time. Retired from the rat race last summer, a body sore, mind numbed and sleep deprived journey from simple laborer up to the front of a classroom in our public school system. I respect all of you who labor in the shadow of the fat cats, whatever you do to keep afloat in this world.👊

I started out trying to find myself in the video and ended up just looking at the wonderful variety and diversity of people in it. And to anyone hesistating to join in a community project like this: Just do it. There are enough people who are enough in tune that you don't need to worry about your singing. And if you're consious about how you look, either be creative with filming/editing or take this as an opportunity to challenge yourself. Personally I loved seeing everyone in this video, no matter how they looked, and this does not seem like the kind of community that would criticise anyone based on that.

a song for the people that's what this is, a song for those that empires ride on the backs of, every drop of blood or cent made is shed by the people that they would forget, a song to be song we we take the rope that they use to lead and we string it up ready for the neck of the ones that would use the people, a song of quite everyday love from fathers ,mothers ,sisters ,brothers ,sons ,daughters a song for those that are the backs of this world a song that should be song allowed for all to hear this is one of the greatest songs i think I've heard and a song that we need now more then ever

Shout out to all the grandmas and grandads who love a good shanty! Solidarity means we ALL stick together 🤝

"The Workers Song" is a folk song by renowned British songwriter Ed Pickford, written in the 1970s. The song critiques the exploitation of working-class people with its poignant lyrics protesting war, harsh labor conditions, and social inequality. Dick Gaughan's influential 1981 recording solidified its place as a working-class anthem. It continues to be popular among folk singers and political activists, highlighting the ongoing relevance of its message. Secondary Source Pickford, Ed. "The Workers' Song." Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music, Accessed April 19, 2024.

2:29 I noticed a fellow Gmod trainbuilder in the bottom left here. Been a part of that community since I was young, it's incredible how it's lasted so long and managed to wind up here. I do wish the workers of the world for a happier future, but I'm more than happy to spot my little niche community after all these years.

It's beautiful too know worker's are fighting back again .I am proud to be born into this class. We hold the key to the future. Right now we are organizing again and we are calling back to the revolutionary tradition which is ours and ours alone . The working class has no fatherland and together we are seeing that truth. Revolution is on it's way and what a time to be alive too witness the beginning of the beginning of the new world too be .

@CailinZwarts

10 ай бұрын

We should be a united front, progressives and workers, we all have a bone to pick with capitalism and the corperations who have robbed us of compassion, love and basic human rights. We are all worth being loved, not exploited, by the society around us. Solidarity forever, for the union marches on!

Workers make the world run. Workers should run the world. ✊

jeezus... For a random video to pop in my feed I didn't expect to be brought to tears. 😢

this is what should have been in that place of that video of celebrities butchering Imagine in their mansions

ridiculously proud to have been part of this! it sounds absolutely incredible everyone! heres to the next one :)

@thelongestjohns

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for joining!

Amen. All of us who are affected by the leader's decisions are the workers, whether in a factory, on a truck, in uniform, behind a desk, behind a counter, and so much more. Every single goods and services position out there is there for a reason and most often under-appreciated, under-valued, under-compensated and even those in the position often hold no pride in the work, just living to work. I dream and personally work toward a better society. Thank you for this.

Solidarity forever!

United we bargain, Divided we beg!

Solidarity with the working peoples of the world! We have built this world and WE WILL build the next, for equality and real liberty, solidarity forever!

Labor is entitled to all it creates

We are the masses. This world is ours if we choose to take it.

The Seattle Labor Chorus is in awe. Thank you!

Peace , Soldary , Love and every Day enough to do. Thank you all for this Great Performance Many Greetings Frank

@thelongestjohns

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

This song is for us. The bright and hearty ones held underfoot by the corrupt rich class. They cant have this, this level of unity.

Forklift certified shanty. Truly, this is the best timeline.

A girl I’ve been dating is English and told me that they’re trying to ban striking in England. Solidarity with my English comrades✊🏻From a proud member of the teachers union

I think it's about time we brought democracy to the workplace.

This made me cry but with pride.

reminds me of the teachers strike in Arizona a few years back, was a student at the time and I fully agreed and still do with all the teachers points

I'm not crying, I've got something in my eyes, your crying, this hits hard today as the UK government try to strip more union rights away and take the last rights as workers we have, the right to withdraw our labor

I had some incel in TF2 give me shit for working in a factory for something I like recently, this song helps to make me proud again of working for something I enjoy. Thank you for giving a voice to the workers of the world. Without us, society crumbles, and this song incapsulates it. Thank you.

I love this. Solidarity with all workers around the world! ✊

I joined a union today!

I give my shoutout to my friends and family stuck working back-end jobs not because it's what they want, but because it's what they know. You're the unsung heroes given a voice here.

I've been in retail for 12 years.... The job has never been easy and it's all I know, much like a slave or a prisoner that's been in the joint for too long. The real enemy's the CEOs and head honchos. Solidarity, my brethren, my brothers and sisters to all modern jobs in which you are stiffed. Stay strong.

Songs like this do two important things. It tells everyone who toils and suffers that you are not alone. And more importantly, it offers solidarity in knowing we are strong together.

The hardest worker has to be the computer that rendered all of these videos.

@thelongestjohns

Жыл бұрын

It definitely did a good job. As did the people behind it

I first heard the Dropkick Murphys version on Blackout back in 2004. I was just a young kid and liked the tune but didn't really get it. Damn near 20 years on and over 12 years into a career in the automotive industry, this song punches hard into me. Their version is like a front lines rallying cry, but yours is a community with arms slung over each other's shoulders to stand up and say "Enough." We need more of that in this world today.

Listening to this on my way home from work at 10 in the morning after spending the night loading up mail trucks with boxes, barely getting paid enough to get by. And this is a damn good song but it almost had me in tears. Going to be learning all the words to this one! 😄✊

As I was watching I couldn't help the smile on my face. These faces, these are my people and my community! Thank you to everyone who participated and to The Longest and Most Awesome Johns for this project!! Shout out to all you "lowly" workers whose dedication and hard work have created a wonderfully cushy western culture that we all enjoy and almost always take for granted.

Nice addition of sign language!