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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iww::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | i.w.w., industrial workers of the world |
| Type of | brotherhood, labor, labor movement, labor union, trade union, trade union movement, trades union, union |
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Members of the IWW in Chicago quickly laid claim to the contents of the envelope.
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After this incident, the IWW reopened its union hall in the old Roderick Hotel.
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The IWW has a decentralized model that it seems that developers could get behind.
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The British Advocates of Industrial Unionism, founded in 1906, supported the IWW.
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These workers made significant gains after organizing with the I.W.W. in the 1920s.
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Most enforcement activity occurred in the Western states where the I.W.W. was active.
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Gross is a lead organizer for an IWW Starbucks campaign that began in 2004.
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The August hearing is not the company's first NLRB encounter with the IWW.
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Like many leftist organizations of the era, the IWW soon split over policy.
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- Industrial Workers of the World: 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
- The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies) is an international union. At its peak in 1923, the organization claimed some 100,000 members in good standing, and could marshal the support of perhaps 300,000 workers. ...
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