Can you sing with us?!?

We're looking for sopranos and basses!!! Rehearsals 2nd, 4th and the occasional 5th Tuesday of the month at the Carpenters Council in St. Paul! Email tclaborchorus@gmail.com if you or anyone you know is interested! No auditions are required, just a healthy sense of social justice and a willingness to learn.

The Album is here!

Our new, and first album, "You Work In That Damn Place!" is now finished and available, if you want a copy get in contact! Free Will Donations are encouraged.

Sign Up for Updates!

In the past the only Labor Chorus email list has been for members. We now have a general email list for the public, announcing concerts and other events. Just fill out the form on the right side of the page.

Recording Update

The recording is currently being edited! Looking to have something out by the end of January. Stay tuned...

Recording!

We've set our recording dates for December 5th and 6th. Look for our album in early 2012!

More Video

Here's the video of our original song set, "Songs of Ford Workers" performed on August 2nd at the AFL-CIO State Fairgrounds Labor Pavilion. Music starts at the 3 minute mark. Much of the rest of the concert is up on Youtube and our video tab.

The Two Bums

In light of our current political obstructionism by those who would protect the narrow interest of the rich over everyone else, it's apt to remember this old poem:


The bum on the rods is hunted down as an enemy of mankind
The other is driven around to his club, is feted, wined and dined

And they who curse the bum on the rods as the essence of all that's bad
Will greet the other with a willing smile and extend a hand so glad

The bum on the rods is a social flea who gets an occassional bite
The bum on the plush is a social leech, bloodsucking day and night

The bum on the rods is a load so light that his weight we scarcely feel
But it takes the labour of dozens of folks to furnish the other a meal

As long as we sanction the bum on the plush the other will always be there
But rid ourselves of the bum on the plush and the other will dissappear

Then make an intelligent organised kick get rid of the weights that crush
Dont worry about the bum on the rods get rid of the bum on the plush