30 years on… and Trade Unions remain under attack – Billy Bragg said it best when….

Billy Bragg released this song in 1987 whereby he sung about Government (Thatcher’s) attempting to cripple the Trade Union movement, the lyrics start with:

‘This government had an idea
And parliament made it law
It seems like it’s illegal
To fight for the union any more’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbddqXib814

Nearly 30 years on & another Government (the same political party) are still attacking the unions.

Question:
What has changed in 30 years?

Billy also sung about the Power in the union, in the song of the same title singing:
‘There is power in a factory, power in the land
Power in the hands of a worker
But it all amounts to nothing if together we don’t stand there is power in a union’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwbzxemJZIc

In my humble opinion there is not enough social commentary in music these days, but Billy’s message 30 years on still resonate!

I hope you enjoy a blast from the past, and if you have not heard the songs for a while or haven’t heard them before Enjoy!