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{{Infobox political party|name=Industrial Workers of the World|founded=June 27, 1905|membership=11,275|logo=IWW logo.png}} | {{Infobox political party|name=Industrial Workers of the World|founded=June 27, 1905|membership=11,275|logo=IWW logo.png}} | ||
The '''Industrial Workers of the World''' is an international leftist [[ | The '''Industrial Workers of the World''' ('''IWW''') is an international leftist [[Trade union|union]]. At its peak in 1917, it had 150,000 members.<ref>{{Citation|author=Eric Thomas Chester|year=2014|title=The Wobblies in their Heyday|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBKJBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR12#v=onepage&q&f=false|isbn=9781440833021}}</ref> The IWW began as a [[Socialism|socialist]] organization but later shifted to an [[Anarcho-syndicalism|anarcho-syndicalist]] position. | ||
== History == | |||
The IWW allowed Black workers to join at a time when they were still excluded from other unions, including the [[American Federation of Labor]]. During a lumber worker [[Strike action|strike]] in 1911 and 1912, half of the strikers were Black. | |||
In 1912, the [[Syndicalist League of North America]], led by [[William Z. Foster]], split from the IWW.<ref>{{Citation|author=William Z. Foster|year=1952|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States|title-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/|chapter=The Heyday of the Socialist Party (1905-1914)|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-eight-heyday-of-socialist-party.html}}</ref> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) is an international leftist union. At its peak in 1917, it had 150,000 members.[1] The IWW began as a socialist organization but later shifted to an anarcho-syndicalist position.
History
The IWW allowed Black workers to join at a time when they were still excluded from other unions, including the American Federation of Labor. During a lumber worker strike in 1911 and 1912, half of the strikers were Black.
In 1912, the Syndicalist League of North America, led by William Z. Foster, split from the IWW.[2]
References
- ↑ Eric Thomas Chester (2014). The Wobblies in their Heyday. ISBN 9781440833021
- ↑ William Z. Foster (1952). History of the Communist Party of the United States: 'The Heyday of the Socialist Party (1905-1914)'.