English for Activists

1. Watch this video and listen to the chants and slogans. The video shows construction workers in New York City at a rally in front of a building that is being built with non-union labor.

2. See if you can catch these chants:

What do we want? Union!
When do we want it? Now!

Every Day! Every Day!

We are the Union! The mighty, mighty union!

Whose city? Our city!

The workers united, will never be divided.

Scabs go home! Scabs go home!

3. Use the comments to ask questions about the video and the chants.

4. What are your impressions of the rally? What do you see? What is interesting to you?

video link address: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB0zZ6GM2xk