Wondering about the Wobblies?
From the desk of Rand Simmons Founded in 1905, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) differed from other unions of the day in that they proposed one overarching union structure that could unite all working people as a class, rather than smaller craft unions that would be in competition with each other. They welcomed as members women, African-Americans, migrant workers, and new immigrants, when many other unions did not. However, their vision of class warfare, their protests against World…