Industrial Workers of the World
Americannoun
noun
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In 1905, the Industrial Workers of the World rejected the AFL’s narrow craft unionism, calling for one big union uniting all workers to abolish wage labor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
A statewide dragnet for organizers from the Industrial Workers of the World, or Wobblies, ensued, followed by hundreds of arrests.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2024
On the same day he freed Debs, Harding commuted the sentences of 23 other political prisoners, activists and Industrial Workers of the World union members who spoke out against the war.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2022
A strike was called, organized by the Industrial Workers of the World, one of the most radical of labor unions.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 7, 2018
The Syndicalists and Industrial Workers of the World have had the use of it last.
From Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy by Lee, Gerald Stanley
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