<Tr> <Th> Published </Th> <Td> 1913 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Composer: Lewis E. Jones Lyricist: Joe Hill </Td> </Tr> <P> "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)". </P> <P> "There Is Power in a Union" was first published in the Little Red Songbook in 1913 . </P>

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