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IWW

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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

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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

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