As a kid growing up in Essex, England, in the 1980s, I often had singer Billy Bragg's "There Is a Power in a Union" reverberating around my bedroom. Some years earlier, Strawbs belted out "Part of the Union" on British TV. Likewise, generations of Americans could sing along as Woody Guthrie or Bruce Springsteen extolled the benefits of organized labor.

I don't know if any of this year's Grammy Award winners have similar pro-union sympathies, but they certainly don’t make a big song and dance about it. That may be a missed opportunity. After decades in the doldrums, unions are hip again.

Last week, workers at an Amazon factory on Staten Island became the retailer’s first to unionize. On the same day, Starbucks Workers United won its 10th election – with employees at the coffee chain's flagship New York City roastery opting to be represented by the union.

Labor scholar John Logan of San Francisco State University notes that behind both organizing campaigns were committed, determined young workers.

"Inspired by pro-union sentiment in political movements, such as Bernie Sanders’ presidential bids, Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Socialists of America, these individuals are spearheading the efforts for workplace reform rather than professional union organizers," Logan explains.

So the likes of Adele, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X may want to take note: An up-and-coming generation is in need of some new union songs to rally behind.