History of the United States II / Unit 6 USH2 0764 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Industrial Workers of the World
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The idea
In nineteen oh five William Big Bill Haywood and other radicals founded the Industrial Workers of the World, a union welcoming all workers regardless of race or gender.
In practice
The Wobblies' tools of direct action and the general strike.
Where people slip
By nineteen twelve they led the silk strike at Paterson, the textile strike at Lawrence and the iron strike on the Mesabi Range.
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