Industrial Workers of the World | |
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| Founded | June 27, 1905 |
| Membership | 11,275 |
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)'.