The battle of the labour songs

<p>For the first time in history a song produced by a singer with no chart-success history debuted as Billboard's #1. The song was sung by the American folksinger, Oliver Anthony. But the British singer Billie Bragg sang back saying that complaining was not enough and that Anthony should join a union.</p> <p>In other news a new General Secretary for the International Trade Union Confederation will be acclaimed. RadioLabour will be starting English as an Additional Language lessons for unionists.</p> <div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-61764133e3655" data-node="61764133e3655"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <p><em>RadioLabour is the international labour movement’s radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unions in the developing world. It partners with rabble to provide coverage of news of interest to Canadian workers.</em></p> </div> </div> </div>