Department of Justice Investigative Files on Industrial Workers of the World, Part 1 on Microfilm
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Dates
- 1914-1976
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
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Biographical / Historical
The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), commonly known as the Wobblies is an industrial union formed in Chicago in 1905. The IWW promotes the concept of 'One Big Union' and is considered a radical trade union, who opposes most of the policies of the American Federation of Labor. Membership does not require that one work in a represented workplace, nor does it exclude membership in another labor union. The Wobblies believe that all workers should organize as a class, not according to craft. The IWW emphasized rank- and-file organization as opposed to empowering leaders who would bargain with employers.
The biggest contribution the IWW had on the labor movement was when founded it allowed everyone to join, women, immigrants, African Americans and Asians.
As of 2005, the 100th Anniversary of its founding, the IWW had around 5,000 members.
Extent
1.67 cubic feet
Quantity:
15 microfilm reels
Forms of Material:
Records, microfilm..
General
- Contact Information:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183> kheel_center@cornell.edu http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel-center
- Compiled by:
- Kheel Staff, April 04, 2013
- EAD encoding:
- Randall Miles, August 03, 2015
- Title
- Department of Justice Investigative Files on Industrial Workers of the World, Part 1 on Microfilm
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Kheel Staff
- Date
- August 03, 2015
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
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Revision Statements
- 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853