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Ichingcarpenter

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Tue Nov 24, 2015, 05:34 AM Nov 2015

The mine owners" Bill Haywood





William Dudley Haywood (February 4, 1869 – May 18, 1928), better known as "Big Bill" Haywood, was a founding member and leader of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and a member of the executive committee of the Socialist Party of America. During the first two decades of the 20th century, he was involved in several important labor battles, including the Colorado Labor Wars, the Lawrence Textile Strike, and other textile strikes in Massachusetts and New Jersey.

Haywood was an advocate of industrial unionism,[1] a labor philosophy that favors organizing all workers in an industry under one union, regardless of the specific trade or skill level; this was in contrast to the craft unions that were prevalent at the time, such as the AFL.[2

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The mine owners" Bill Haywood (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Nov 2015 OP
The Wobblies almost won. PatrickforO Nov 2015 #1
Right? TBF Nov 2015 #2

PatrickforO

(14,577 posts)
1. The Wobblies almost won.
Tue Nov 24, 2015, 06:47 AM
Nov 2015

They were winning. Socialists were winning. Then, the powers that be decided to throw a fun little war. That's always what they do when the people start to win.

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