IWW

Industrial Workers of the World

====The IWW was founded in 1905 at a convention which is now called the Industrial Union Convention. During the convention, they (the workers) discussed the problems of the working class and what goals they will try to fulfill. They disagreed with capitalism and wanted to change to a better economic system that would help everybody. The slogan "An injury to one is an injury to all" was created. The main goal was to join all industries into ONE BIG UNION. Another problem that they discussed at the First Annual Convention of the IWW were the poor working conditions and working hours. The secondary goal was to make working conditions better and more advanced and shorten the hours. The IWW was organized because of the belief among many groups that the AFL (American Federation of Labor) had failed to effectively organize the United States working class and also organized divided groups of workers. Many believed the U.S. needed a new type of working class system. These people helped form the IWW.====

 Our ideals are based on socialism and the idea that everyone should be apart of ONE BIG UNION.




 * Important People of the IWW**

-Tom Barker [|Biography] -James Connolly [|Biography] -Eugene V Debs [|Biography] -Ben Fletcher [|Biography] -Hubert Harrison [|Biography] -Frank Little [|Biography] -Lucy Parsons [|Biography] -T Bone Slim [|Biography]

OUR GOALS:

To create ONE BIG UNION Destroy capitalism Overthrow the employer class Better the working conditions of workers

Though we are one union now, the IWW was formed by many different unions. The following were the most influential.

__Knights of Labor American Federation of Labor Western Federation of Miners__

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