I.W.W.

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Meaning

a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism; its membership declined after World War I

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But many in he rank and file of the WFM were uncomfortable with the open radicalism of the I.W.W., and wanted the WFM to maintain its independence. Source: Internet

Kornbluh, Joyce L., Rebel Voices: An I.W.W. Anthology, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 1964 p.131 The IWW collected its official songs in the Little Red Songbook and continues to update this book to the present time. Source: Internet

He wrote to WFM organizer Albert Ryan, encouraging him to find reliable I.W.W. sympathizers at each WFM local, and have them appointed delegates to the annual convention by pretending to share whatever opinions of that local needed to become a delegate. Source: Internet

St. Vincent promised: “… once we can control the officers of the WFM for the I.W.W., the big bulk of the membership will go with them.” Source: Internet

In 1938, the IWW voted to allow contracts with employers, The I.W.W.: Its First Seventy Years, 1905–1975, Fred W. Thompson and Patrick Murfin, 1976, page 100 so long as they would not undermine any strike. Source: Internet

Paul Frederick Brissenden, "The I.W.W., a study in American syndicalism," Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, 1919, v.83 n.193 p.216-217. Source: Internet

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