There_Is_Power_in_a_Union_(Billy_Bragg_song)
There Is Power in a Union (Billy Bragg song)
Song by Billy Bragg
"There Is Power in a Union" is a song written by Billy Bragg and first released on his 1986 Talking with the Taxman About Poetry album. It is set to the tune of George Frederick Root's "Battle Cry of Freedom".[1]
It has become known as an anthem of the trade union movement,[2][3] and has been played live by Bragg both as part of concert sets[4][5] and on trade union picket lines.[6] It has also featured prominently in films, including as the finale of 2014's Pride.[7]
It shares its title with an otherwise unrelated 1913 song by Joe Hill.