IWW

Speech parts

1. IWW - Noun

2. IWW - Proper noun

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Industrial Workers of the World I.W.W. Wobblies

Hypernyms

union brotherhood labor trade union labor union trades union

Examples

2011 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

Close letter words and terms

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