Gli scioperi di questi giorni in Gran Bretagna fanno venire alla mente gli anni '80. Grosse difficoltà attraversano il paese che purtroppo oggi come allora sono mal gestite. Il ricordo è la canzone di Billy Bragg "There is Power in a Union". Questo il testo:
"There is power in a factory, power in the land
Power in the hand of the workerBut it all amounts to nothingIf together we don't standThere is power in a Union
Now the lessons of the pastWere all learned with workers' bloodThe mistakes of the bosses we must pay forFrom the cities and the farmlandsTo trenches full of mudWar's always been the bosses' way, sir
The Union forever defending our rightsDown with the blackleg, all workers uniteWith our brothers and our sistersFrom many far off landsThere is power in a Union
Now I long for the morning that they realizeBrutality and unjust laws cannot defeat usBut who'll defend the workers who cannot organiseWhen the bosses send their lackeys out to cheat us?
Money speaks for moneyThe Devil for his ownWho comes to speak for the skin and the bone?What a comfort to the widowA light to the childThere is power in a Union
The Union forever defending our rightsDown with the blackleg, all workers uniteWith our brothers and our sistersTogether we will stand
There is power in a Union"
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