The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) employed a more moderate and legalistic approach, focusing on collective bargaining, political engagement, and building alliances with other labor organizations. In contrast, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) favored direct action and more radical tactics, including strikes and boycotts, often rejecting formal contracts and advocating for worker control of industries. While the ILGWU aimed for integration within the existing labor framework, the IWW sought to challenge and radically transform the capitalist system itself. This fundamental difference in strategy reflected their respective goals and philosophies regarding labor rights and organization.
The iww was led by William haywood!
The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), a labor union, faced significant persecution under the Sedition Act, particularly during World War I. The act was used to suppress dissent and opposition to the war, leading to the arrest and prosecution of many IWW members for their anti-war stance and advocacy for workers' rights. Their radical views and actions were seen as a threat to national security at the time.
Below are some of the ways in which World War I had an impact on American civil liberties: -Committee on Public Information propaganda effectively cast Germans as evil force in World War -Espionage and Sedition Acts (Loosely worded laws which gave the government wide authority to prosecute war critics) -Numerous arrests and convictions with long prison sentences for those seen as "disloyal" -Supreme Court upheld acts, using "clear and present danger" doctrine to limit free speech in time of war -Persecution of radicals: Wilson administration focused on IWW and Socialist Party as targets of suppression
"Wobblies" is a nickname for members of the International Workers of the World, the IWW, which was an attempt to create an international trade union of working people, to seek better pay and working conditions. Some Wobblies were probably also socialists or communists. They were against WWI, pointing out, quite correctly, that who was mostly going to get killed was working men from all the nations involved, who had no larger stake in the issues of the war, and did nothing to get it started. Critics of the Wobblies said "IWW" stood for "I Won't Work", and there was a lot of official governmental persecution and resentment, just as there was of every manifestation of the trade union movement, as all these movements sought to improve the lot of the working people, by making the rich owners and managers share a little of wealth created, and be a little less rich and greedy. Those wealthy owners and managers always have a lot of clout with the government, though, naturally, so they can get the forces of "law and order" to help them hang on to the loot. There is a well-known song sung by folk singers and labor people called "I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night", about a Wobbly leader shot by a firing squad in Utah, after being convicted in a kangaroo court trial on some trumped up charges.
During the late 19th century, Samuel Gompers, Terence Powderly, and Eugene Debs emerged as prominent leaders in the labor movement, advocating for workers' rights and improved labor conditions. Gompers, as the head of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), focused on skilled labor and collective bargaining, while Powderly led the Knights of Labor, promoting inclusivity among various workers. Meanwhile, Debs, a founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), championed socialist principles and sought to unite all workers against capitalist exploitation. Together, they played crucial roles in organizing workers and pushing for reforms such as better wages, shorter hours, and safer working conditions.
The iww was led by William haywood!
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Yes you can. Most IWW members are 'dual carders', being both members of the IWW and their industry specific trade union. While the IWW are cool with this, Unison bosses (and many of the mainstream union bosses) are certainly not, and there have been witch hunts in the past to expell know radicald from Unison. Don't let that deter you though, just don't go round shouting about your IWW membership to the Unison leadership! With membership on the rapid rise, and groups of IWW workers winning some decent vocitories, there's never been a better time to join the One Big Union!
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The IWW is a much smaller labor union than the AFL-CIO, but is often more principled from a class-consciousness standpoint. While the AFL-CIO is often willing to compromise and collaborate with the capitalist system, the IWW is a regular critic of capitalism and (though not explicitly political) has leanings toward anarcho-syndicalism and socialism, along with their philosophy of "One Big Union". Historically, the AFL excluded non-whites and women from their union in the early 20th century, while the IWW welcomed people of color and women.
the IWW frightened some people because the wanted t unite women, immigrants, and African Americans to over throw capitalism. (IWW was socialist.)