AllThingsD » Ray and Rachael Rodriguez http://allthingsd.com Sun, 27 May 2012 01:54:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://allthingsd.com/theme/images/logo-rss.jpg All Things Digital http://allthingsd.com/ 144 22 AT&T Workers Create “Ready to Strike” Ringtone http://allthingsd.com/20090410/att-workers-create-%e2%80%9cready-to-strike%e2%80%9d-ringtone/ http://allthingsd.com/20090410/att-workers-create-%e2%80%9cready-to-strike%e2%80%9d-ringtone/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:32:18 +0000 Andrew LaVallee http://voices.allthingsd.com/?p=10612 AT&T and the union representing its workers are still in contract talks, but workers have published a song, with accompanying ringtone, called “Ready to Strike,” just in case.

The song’s pro-labor lyrics include “Get ready to strike, get ready to walk the line” and “Protect my health care, don’t lower my wages/Realize, recognize, mobilize, stay alive” and even a shout-out to technicians who support U-verse, AT&T’s TV service.

It was co-written by Ray and Rachael Rodriguez, AT&T (T) employees who are active in the Communications Workers of America Local 6222, as well as Riley Wallace, a Toronto hip-hop artist whose stage name is Special.

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