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MikeDunnAuthorToday 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.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strike</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IWW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IWW</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wobblies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wobblies</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bisbeedeportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bisbeedeportation</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#arizona</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/vigilantes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vigilantes</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#film</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#book</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#novel</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HistoricalFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HistoricalFiction</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstadon</a>

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MikeDunnAuthorToday 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: <a href="https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2021/05/13/ben-fletcher-and-the-iww-dockers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2021/05/13/ben-fletcher-and-the-iww-dockers/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IWW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IWW</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wobblies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wobblies</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strike</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#racism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/neworleans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neworleans</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/philadelphia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#philadelphia</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#police</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/policebrutality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#policebrutality</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/acab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#acab</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/policemurder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#policemurder</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/scab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scab</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antiracism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antiracism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solidarity</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackMastadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackMastadon</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History June 2, 1917: IWW Fifty IWW teamsters won a strike for higher wages and better conditions in Atkins, Iowa. On that same day, IWW macaroni workers called off their strike in Chicago due to interference by the AFL. And in Pittsburgh, also on this same day, Fifteen Wobblies were arrested on charges of conspiracy against the US and released.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workinclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workinclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IWW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IWW</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strike</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wobblies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wobblies</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/teamsters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#teamsters</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conspiracy</a>

Tacoma IWW📢 join the Tacoma IWW branch next Thursday April 17th at 12:30pm at Freighthouse Square (in food court), to eat some food, hang out and see what we've been up to. All are welcome. . . . . . . <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tacomaiww" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tacomaiww</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/iww" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iww</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/solidarityforever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solidarityforever</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/industrialworkersoftheworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#industrialworkersoftheworld</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/industrialunionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#industrialunionism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/aninjurytooneisaninjurytoall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aninjurytooneisaninjurytoall</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/solidarityunionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solidarityunionism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/industrialworker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#industrialworker</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wobradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wobradio</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wobblies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wobblies</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/onebigunion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onebigunion</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/abolitionofthewagesystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abolitionofthewagesystem</a>

Peter RileyThe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wobblies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wobblies</a> - Subtitulado castellano, 1979 - La Soli Films THE WOBBLIES Este documental narra el nacimiento y desarrollo de los wobblies, miembros de los Industrial Workers of the World (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iww" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iww</a>) sindicato revolucionario fundado por anarquistas y socialistas en Estados Unidos en 1905. Se entrevista a militantes que vivieron aquellos años, los cuales nos narran sus huelgas, sus revueltas, sus métodos de lucha y sus represalias, y se recuperan imágenes de archivo.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7fDSzQcIuE" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7fDSzQcIuE</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History March 15, 1877: Ben Fletcher, African-American IWW organizer was born on this date. Fletcher organized longshoremen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He joined the Wobblies (IWW) in 1912, became secretary of the IWW District Council in 1913. He also co-founded the interracial Local 8 in 1913. By 1916, thanks in large part to Fletcher’s organizing skill, all but two of Philadelphia’s docks were controlled by the IWW. And the union maintained control of the Philly waterfront for about a decade. After the 1913 strike, Fletcher traveled up and down the east coast organizing dockers. However, he was nearly lynched in Norfolk, Virginia in 1917. At that time, roughly 10% of the IWW’s 1 million members were African American. Most had been rejected from other unions because of their skin color. In 1918, the state arrested him, sentencing him to ten years for the crime of organizing workers during wartime. He served three years.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IWW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IWW</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BenFletcher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BenFletcher</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#racism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AfricanAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AfricanAmerican</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lynching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lynching</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prison</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strike</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wobblies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wobblies</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/longshore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#longshore</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/philadelphia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#philadelphia</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackMastadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackMastadon</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History January 2, 1905: A conference of 23 industrial unionists met in Chicago and issued a manifesto calling for an industrial Union Congress to be held in Chicago on June 27—a meeting that would lead to the formation of the Industrial Workers of the World (AKA: IWW or "Wobblies"). The IWW founding members were a veritable who’s who of radical labor leaders: Mother Jones, Lucy Parsons, Eugene Debs, Big Bill Haywood, James Connolly, Daniel DeLeon, Vincent St. John, Ralph Chaplin. The IWW was, and continues to be, a revolutionary union fighting for the abolition of bosses, an end to wage slavery, as well as worker control of the means of production, through organization and education, sabotage, direct action, mutual aid, and the General Strike. Their motto: An Injury to One is an Injury to All. At its height, in the 1910s, the IWW had well over 150,000 members in the US, Canada, Australia and the UK. They have always had strong ties to anarchist and socialist movements and been staunchly opposed to imperialist and capitalist wars (No War but Class War). Over the years, dozens of IWW members were murdered by cops, goons and vigilantes. Hundreds were imprisoned and deported. Their offices were burned to the ground. Members were forced to run gauntlets. Some were lynched.Despite the devastation to the union caused by the Palmer Raids (the first red scare) in the late 1910s, the IWW persisted. In the 1990s and 2000s, they spear-headed the original Starbucks Union Drive. They organized bike messengers, exotic dancers, janitors at queer night clubs, indie publishers, recyclers, food coops and Whole Foods. They were also involved in the 2016 prisoner strike at 20 prisons in the U.S., and in organizing a General Strike in Wisconsin, in 2011, in response to that state’s anti-union legislation and the subsequent occupation of the State House.You can read more IWW history in the following articles: <a href="https://michaeldunnauthor.com/?s=lucy+parsons" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://michaeldunnauthor.com/?s=lucy+parsons</a> <a href="https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/04/04/union-busting-by-the-pinkertons/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/04/04/union-busting-by-the-pinkertons/</a> <a href="https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2021/05/13/ben-fletcher-and-the-iww-dockers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2021/05/13/ben-fletcher-and-the-iww-dockers/</a> <a href="https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/05/19/tom-mooney-and-warren-billings/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/05/19/tom-mooney-and-warren-billings/</a> <a href="https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/04/05/frank-little/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/04/05/frank-little/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IWW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IWW</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wobblies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wobblies</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strike</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GeneralStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GeneralStrike</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sabotage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sabotage</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/directaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#directaction</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lucyparsons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lucyparsons</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bigbillhaywood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bigbillhaywood</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/eugenedebs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#eugenedebs</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/jamesconnolly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jamesconnolly</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#police</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prison</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/palmerraids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#palmerraids</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antiwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antiwar</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/classwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classwar</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#revolution</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mutualaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mutualaid</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/motherjones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#motherjones</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History November 15, 1919: The main headquarters of the New York City Wobblies (IWW) was ransacked and destroyed by agents acting under the US Attorney General Palmer. The Palmer raids were part of the first U.S. communist witch hunt, starting well before the more well-known McCarthy purges. It was also where J. Edgar Hoover cut his baby teeth. Between 1917 and 1919, the IWW membership had plummeted from 300,000 in the U.S. to around 30,000, due in large part to the mass arrests, murders and deportations of IWW members, anarchists, and other radicals during the Palmer raids.We could soon see a resurgence of this by the state, or by MAGA vigilantes, with a Trump presidency. However, their targets could be mainstream organizations like Planned Parenthood, the ACLU, LGBTQ organizations, immigrants’ rights organizations, and even Democratic Party offices, all of whom have been vilified by the right as “communists.” Not to mention concentration camps to house immigrants pending deportation, and raids of workplaces and schools to round up immigrant workers and children. What are you doing to prepare?<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IWW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IWW</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anarchism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wobblies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wobblies</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/neworleans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neworleans</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/redscare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#redscare</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/palmerraids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#palmerraids</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#police</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/repression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#repression</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freespeech</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solidarity</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#communism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mccarthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mccarthy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JEdgarHoover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JEdgarHoover</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/concentrationcamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#concentrationcamps</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday 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. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IWW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IWW</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strike</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/textiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#textiles</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigrant</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/newyork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#newyork</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wobblies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wobblies</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigrants</a>

It's Going DownWorkers at the Fried Egg restaurant in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Portland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Portland</a>, Oregon have walked out on strike demanding a raise and a re-hiring of a fired co-worker. Workers there formed a union under the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) several months ago. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Labor</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaborUnion</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Union</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IWW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IWW</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wobblies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wobblies</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Strike</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaborMovement</a>Follow here for updates: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/friedeggwu/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/friedeggwu/</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday 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.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IWW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IWW</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wobblies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wobblies</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pennsylvania</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strike</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/scabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scabs</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#police</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/policebrutality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#policebrutality</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/novels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#novels</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bigbillhaywood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bigbillhaywood</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/williamtrautman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#williamtrautman</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/joeetter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#joeetter</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstadon</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday 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: <a href="https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2021/03/16/the-haywire-mac-story/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2021/03/16/the-haywire-mac-story/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IWW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IWW</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/littleredsongbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#littleredsongbook</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/folkmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#folkmusic</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaywireMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HaywireMac</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JoeHill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JoeHill</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/internationale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#internationale</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wobblies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wobblies</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solidarity</a>

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