Wikipedia - "'There Is Power in a Union' is a song written by Joe Hill in 1913. The Industrial Workers of the World (commonly known as the Wobblies) concentrated much of its labor trying to organize migrant workers in lumber and construction camps. They sometimes had competition for the attention of the workers from religious organizations. The song uses the tune of Lewis E. Jones' 1899 hymn "There Is Power in the Blood (Of the Lamb)". 'There Is Power in a Union' was first published in the Little Red Songbook in 1913. The song has been recorded several times. Billy Bragg recorded a song with the title 'There Is Power in a Union' on the Talking with the Taxman About Poetry album; this has different words and is set to the tune of 'Battle Cry of Freedom'. ..."
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"There Is Power in a Union" Lyrics (Audio)
YouTube: "There Is Power in a Union" (With intro + Live), "There Is Power in a Union"
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