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by: Biographiq
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 320
EAN: 9781599863733
ISBN: 1599863731
Label: Biographiq
Manufacturer: Biographiq
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 60
Publication Date: May 08, 2008
Publisher: Biographiq
Sales Rank: 2727874
Studio: Biographiq
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Product Description:
Industrial Workers of the World - The Wobblies Revealed is a biographical account of the Industrial Workers of the World, the international union currently headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. At its peak in 1923 the organization claimed some 100,000 members in good standing, and could marshal the support of as many as 300,000 workers. Its membership declined dramatically after a 1924 split brought on by internal conflict and government repression. Today it is actively organizing and numbers about 2,000 members worldwide, of whom roughly half (approximately 900) are in good standing (members who have paid their dues for the past two months). IWW membership does not require that one work in a represented workplace, nor does it exclude membership in another labor union. The IWW contends that all workers should be united within a single union as a class and that the wage system should be abolished. They may be best known for the Wobbly Shop model of workplace democracy, in which workers elect recallable delegates, and other norms of grassroots democracy (self-management) are implemented. Industrial Workers of the World - The Wobblies Revealed is highly recommended for those interested in the history and story of this international union.
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