Today in Labor History October 10, 1912: The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) struck in Little Falls, New York. The strike lasted into January and involved primarily immigrant workers. It started at the Phoenix Knitting Mill, but spread to the Gilbert Knitting Mill, also in the Mohawk Valley. In November, the Little Falls Council voted to authorize a contingent of special police, which escalated tensions. Later that month, the AFL created United Textile Workers local #206 to compete with the Wobblies for members and press attention. But when the AFL announced it had reached a settlement between with mill owners, later that month, the workers refused it, siding with the Wobblies and demanding greater concessions.

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Today in Labor History September 8, 1909: The bosses bent to the demands of striking Wobblies (Industrial Workers of the World, IWW) in McKees Rock, Pa. They agreed to improved working conditions, a raise of 15% and an end to the “pool system” that gave foremen control over each worker’s pay. It was the Wobbly’s biggest victory to date. The strike started on July 13. The bosses tried to bring in hundreds of scabs, but the strikers shot at the boats, forcing many of them to turn back. Others quietly snuck in by rail. However, many scabs quit or formed their own union after suffering abuses by the bosses, including being held in boxcars against their will and served rotten food. On Sunday, August 22, a shootout occurred between strikers and police and private thugs. 12-26 people died, including 2 state troopers. One of the leaders of the strike was IWW cofounder William Trautman. He later wrote a novel based on the strike called “Riot.” Joe Etter and Big Bill Haywood also helped lead the strike.

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It is Labor Day, which is a big deal in my family because my grandmother was part of the group of activists who started the #IWW union, and it’s also the day we remember #JimmyBuffett with music and boat drinks. #Wobblies #Margaritaville

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Today in Labor History August 19, 1909: The first edition of the IWW’s The Little Red Songbook was published in Spokane, WA. The book’s subtitle is “Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent.” Between 1909 and 1995, the Wobblies printed 36 editions. The songbook always includes songs by Joe Hill, Ralph Chaplin, T-Bone Slim, and Haywire Mac. Most editions contained many of the best-known labor songs, like "The Internationale," "The Preacher and the Slave," and "Solidarity Forever." Haywire Mac, composer of the “Big Rock Candy Mountain” and “Hallelujah I’m a Bum,” was one of the original members of the IWW band, in Spokane, in 1907. Mac later participated in the anarchist Magonista Revolution in Baja California, helping to capture and occupy Tijuana. He eventually settled down in San Francisco, where he hosted working-class radio and television programs.

You can read my bio of Haywire Mac here: https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2021/03/16/the-haywire-mac-story/

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Wildcat #IWW Newsletter 59 - August 2025
– #PAWA training in Wales
– #Newry Anti-Racism Protests
– #Wobblies Take Part in #Durham Miners’ Gala
– Escape Campus: Sheila Tells Her Story

https://iww.org.uk/news/wildcat-59-aug-2025-out-now/

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Today in Labor and Writing History July 10, 1917: The Jerome Deportation occurred in Arizona. On July 5, IWW workers struck at Phelps Dodge mines, in Jerome, Az. Mine supervisors, along with a hastily formed “Citizens Committee” made up of local business leaders, rounded up and deported over 100 Wobblies (IWW members) to Needles, CA, and told them to never return. Two days later, after seeing how successful they had been in Jerome, they launched an even bigger deportation in Bisbee, Az. This time, they rounded up roughly 2,000 Wobblies from the Phelps Dodge mines in Bisbee, Az, and deported them to New Mexico.

“Bisbee ‘17,” (1999) by Robert Houston, is a historical novel based on the Bisbee deportations. There was also a really interesting film of the same name that came out in 2018. In the film, the town’s inhabitants reenact the events of the Bisbee deportation 100 years later. It also includes interviews with current residents.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #union #strike #IWW #wobblies #bisbeedeportation #mining #arizona #vigilantes #film #book #novel #writer #author #HistoricalFiction @bookstadon

Happy 120th Birthday to The IWW WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE.✊️✊️✊️✊️✊️✊️✊️✊️ 😁😊❤️🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂

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OTD in 1927 Eugene V. Debs joined other #labor leaders in founding the International Workers of the World. Virtually tour his home: https://toilet-guru.com/eugene-debs/?s=mb #travel #history #labor #IWW #Wobblies

🎂🐈‍⬛🚩🏴 Happy Birthday to the Industrial Workers of the World! 120 years of solidarity and industrial unionism, direct action, mutual aid, and worker led organizing!

All workers from all industries are welcome to join the One Big Union.

-An injury to one is an injury to all-

1905-

January 2: Conference of 23 industrial unionists in Chicago issues an Industrial Union Manifesto calling for an industrial Union Congress to be held in Chicago.

June 27: IWW Founding Convention - The "Continental Congress of the Working Class" establishes the industrial Workers of the World with cooperation of elements from Socialist Labor Party/Socialist Trades & Labor Alliance, Socialist Party of America, Western Federation of Miners and survivors of International Working People's Association.

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OTD in 1927 Eugene V. Debs joined other #labor leaders in founding the International Workers of the World. Virtually tour his home: https://toilet-guru.com/eugene-debs/?s=mb #travel #history #labor #IWW #Wobblies

Join the fight against the Boss, capitalism and fascism.
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Únete a la lucha en contra del Patrón, el capitalismo y el fascismo. ¡Únete al lxs Trabajadores Industriales del Mundo!

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Working-class solidarity!

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I.W.W. What we stand for:
Industrial Workers of the World ("The Wobblies") is a rank and file union and worker solidarity organization. We stand for worker control on the job and in society. Membership is open to all workers in all jobs, employed or not. Dues are low and based on income.

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Today in Labor History June 3, 1913: IWW Marine Transport Workers Union in New Orleans continued their strike against United Fruit Company (now known as Chiquita) after wages were cut by five dollars per month. The strike, which started on June 2, turned deadly on June 13, when police opened fire on strikers trying to stop scabs from loading a ship, killing two of them. The IWW lost this strike. However, they were highly successful in other longshore strikes up and down the Eastern Seaboard. At this time, the IWW controlled all but 2 of the Philadelphia docks. Their multiracial union was led by Ben Fletcher, an African-American docker. Fletcher was also instrumental in organizing the Baltimore dockers.

You can read my longer article about Ben Fletcher here: https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2021/05/13/ben-fletcher-and-the-iww-dockers/

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