1. Haywood - Noun
2. Haywood - Proper noun
United States labor leader and militant socialist who was one of the founders of the Industrial Workers of the World (1869-1928)
Source: WordNetAbby Mann wrote the role of Judge Haywood with Tracy in mind; Curtis (2011) p. 765. Tracy called it the best script he had ever read. Source: Internet
After much debate on the General Executive Board, with Haywood advocating a low profile and GEB member Frank Little championing continued agitation, Ralph Chaplin brokered a compromise agreement. Source: Internet
At the latter, the radicals won an early test by seating Bill Haywood on the Executive Committee, sending encouragement to western "Wobblies", and passed a resolution seeming to favor industrial unionism. Source: Internet
Businesses and residents, he says, can expect to see ongoing lane and sidewalk closures on Haywood Street from Vanderbilt Place to College Street as crews tackle the work in sections. Source: Internet
Carlson, Roughneck, pg. 183. Haywood was purged from the National Executive Committee by passage of an amendment that focused on the direct action and sabotage tactics advocated by the IWW. Source: Internet
Carlson, Roughneck, pg. 159. The Cooper Union speech was the beginning of a split between Bill Haywood and the Socialist Party, leading to the split between the factions of the IWW, one faction loyal to the Socialist Party, and the other to Haywood. Source: Internet