Negotiations - West Side Story Style

If you listen to the sound bites that both CUPE and the City of Vancouver managers are utilizing in their daily media spin sessions it can be summarized by this slightly altered song.

Tonight
West Side Story
Music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
© 1956, 1957 Amberson Holdings LLC and Stephen Sondheim. Copyright renewed.
Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Company LLC, Publisher.

BARRY O'NEIL
CUPE are gonna have their day
Tonight.

JERRY DUBROVOLNY
The City's are gonna have their way
Tonight.

PAUL FAORO
The City Managers grumble: "Fair fight."
But if they start a rumble,
We'll rumble 'em right.

JERRY DUBROVOLNY
We're gonna hand 'em a surprise
Tonight.

BARRY O'NEIL & NEGOTIATORS
We're gonna cut 'em down to size
Tonight.

JERRY DUBROVOLNY and CITY MANAGERS
We said, "O.K., no rumpus,
No tricks."
But just in case they jump us,
We're ready to mix
Tonight.

ALL
We're gonna rock it tonight,
We're gonna jazz it up and have us a ball!
They're gonna get it tonight;
The more they turn it on the harder they'll fall!

BARRY O'NEIL and NEGOTIATORS
Well, they began it!

JERRY DUBROVOLNY and CITY MANAGERS
Well, they began it!

ALL
And we're the ones to stop 'em once and for all,
Tonight