I'm a postal clerk in Memphis
I'm a teacher in LA
I play guitar on the records
That the radio stations play
I'm a truck driver in Dallas
I'm a store clerk in San Fran
I'm a waitress in El Paso
And I am a union man
'Cause when we stand together
We never stand so tall
And injury to one of us
Is an injury to all
I wear the union label
And I'm proud of who I am
I never crossed a picket line
I am a union man
I forge the steel in Pittsburgh
I'm a nurse in Tennessee
I make the cars in Michigan
And work the docks in New Orleans
I'm a plumber in Chicago
I build houses in St. Paul
I'm the woman at the hospital
Who takes the emergency calls.
And when we stand together
We never stand so tall
And injury to one of us
Is an injury to all
I wear the union label
And I'm proud of who I am
I never crossed a picket line
I am a union man
