1. IWW - Noun
2. IWW - Proper noun
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
Source: WordNet2011 Wisconsin General Strike In early 2011, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker announced a budget bill which the IWW held would effectively outlaw unions for state or municipal workers. Source: Internet
Although the new rival union had no affiliation with the IWW, it was widely seen as IWW-inspired. Source: Internet
A similar IWW organization, the Street Labourers of Windsor (SLOW), has garnered local, citation provincial citation and national citation news coverage for its organizing efforts in 2015. Source: Internet
A series of arson attacks on commercial properties in Sydney was widely attributed to the IWW campaign to have Tom Barker released. Source: Internet
As of 2005, the 100th anniversary of its founding, the IWW had around 5,000 members, compared to 13 million members in the AFL-CIO. Source: Internet
Allen's group soon disappeared, but the first IWW group in Britain was founded by members of the Industrial Syndicalist Education League around Guy Bowman in 1913. Source: Internet