Verses from "Trade Unions in Trinidad."
By Atilla the Hun.
There's something radically wrong I fear
With the trade union movement here
There's something radically wrong I fear
With the trade union movement here
The condition of the workers is grave indeed
Yet not a single strike can succeed
'Cause among the leaders there is too much disunity
For a working-class victory
In the waterfront strike as you all know
That took place some weeks ago
The morale of the people was remarkable
Their courage invincible
Although hungry and tired they milled around
And in the end they were let down
Through incompetence, trickery or knavery
They were betrayed most disgracefully
From Raymond Quevedo, Atilla's Kaiso: A Short History of Trinidad Calypso (St. Augustine, Trinidad: Department of Extra Mural Studies, University of the West Indies, 1983), pp. 151-52.