Industrial Workers of the World

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The Industrial Workers of the World is a radical, international labor union founded in 1905 that advocates industrial unionism and direct action to unite all workers across trades and skill levels.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Industrial Workers of the World canonical 34
IWW 3
Industrial Workers of the World (founding affiliate) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international organization ⓘ
labor union ⓘ
radical labor organization ⓘ
trade union ⓘ
advocates class struggle ⓘ
direct action ⓘ
alternativeName Wobblies ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
excludes employers ⓘ
law enforcement officers ⓘ
prison guards ⓘ
focus class-wide organization rather than craft-based organization ⓘ
founded 1905 ⓘ
foundingLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
goal to abolish the wage system ⓘ
to organize all workers into one big union ⓘ
to unite workers across trades and skill levels ⓘ
hasNotableMember Big Bill Haywood ⓘ
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn ⓘ
Eugene V. Debs ⓘ
headquartersLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
historicalRole major radical union in the United States before World War I ⓘ
ideology industrial unionism ⓘ
revolutionary unionism ⓘ
syndicalism ⓘ
influenced later syndicalist and radical labor movements ⓘ
language English ⓘ
membershipPolicy open to all workers ⓘ
method sabotage (in the sense of slowdowns and non-cooperation) ⓘ
solidarity strikes ⓘ
motto An injury to one is an injury to all ⓘ
notableActivity free speech fights in the early 20th century ⓘ
labor strikes in mining, lumber, and agriculture ⓘ
organizing unskilled and migrant workers ⓘ
notablePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
opposes capitalism ⓘ
organizationalPrinciple democratic control by rank-and-file members ⓘ
organizationalStructure industrial union ⓘ
politicalPosition left-wing ⓘ
publishes Industrial Worker ⓘ
regionServed Australia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ
scope international ⓘ
shortName IWW ⓘ
slogan One Big Union ⓘ
symbol black cat (sabo-tabby) ⓘ
globe logo with IWW initials ⓘ
typeOfUnionism industrial unionism ⓘ
uses industrial union structure instead of craft union structure ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bread and Roses Strike → mainOrganiser → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
Lucy Parsons → coFounderOf → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
William Z. Foster → memberOf → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
Eugene V. Debs → memberOf → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
Helen Keller → memberOf → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
Dave Van Ronk → memberOf → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
Big Bill Haywood → memberOf → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
Lawrence strike → organizedBy → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
Lawrence strike → keyOrganization → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
Lawrence strike → involvedUnion → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
Industrial Workers of the World → shortName → IWW ⓘ
linked to: Industrial Workers of the World
Industrial Workers of the World → alternativeName → Wobblies ⓘ
linked to: Industrial Workers of the World
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn → memberOf → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
Anna LoPizzo → associatedWith → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
Lucy Parsons → associatedWithOrganization → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
subject linked to: Lucy Waller
Joseph Ettor → memberOf → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
American labor movement → hasOrganization → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
Arturo Giovannitti → affiliation → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
James P. Cannon → wasMemberOf → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
Mary Harris "Mother" Jones → affiliation → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
Big Bill Haywood → memberOf → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
subject linked to: Big Bill
Western Federation of Miners → member of → Industrial Workers of the World (founding affiliate) ⓘ
linked to: Industrial Workers of the World
Paterson silk strike of 1913 → organizedBy → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
Paterson silk strike of 1913 → organizedBy → IWW ⓘ
linked to: Industrial Workers of the World
The Rebel Girl → associatedWithOrganization → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
The Rebel Girl: An Autobiography → depicts → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
The Rebel Girl → movement → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
The Rebel Girl → associatedWith → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
Industrial Worker → publisher → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
Industrial Worker → associatedWith → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
Industrial Worker → isOrganOf → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
black cat (sabo-tabby) → usedBy → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
black cat (sabo-tabby) → usedBy → IWW ⓘ
linked to: Industrial Workers of the World
California Criminal Syndicalism Act → aimedAt → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
The American → portrays → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
Joseph Ettor → affiliation → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
subject linked to: Ettor
John Silas Reed → memberOf → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
Communist Labor Party of America → relatedTo → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
American socialist movement → hasNotableOrganization → Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ