Industrial Workers of the World Printed Ephemera Collection 1905-2005

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Industrial Workers of the World Printed Ephemera Collection 1905-2005

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The Industrial Workers of the World Printed Ephemera Collection is an articial collection, collected and assembled by the Tamiment Library over the course of several decades. It features the publications, pamphlets, news articles, and convention reports of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), a labor organization founded in 1905 in Chicago. The IWW fought for increased wages, better working conditions, and fewer hours by attempting to organize workers from all industry lines around the country.

2.0 linear feet; (2 boxes)

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6331136

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Industrial Workers of the World. New York City Branch.

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Industrial Workers of the World. General Defense Committee

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Industrial Workers of the World

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The IWW is a labor organization dedicated to uniting laborers around the world into a single large union. From the description of Collection 1916-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778701431 Established in Chicago in 1905 by sponsors of socialism and the remnants of previous labor unions, including the Knights of Labor, Western Federation of Miners and the American Labor Union, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), or "Wobblies", evolved into a radical industrial unio...