George R. Swasey (also spelt Swazey) was a
syndicalist
Syndicalism is a revolutionary current within the left-wing of the labor movement that seeks to unionize workers according to industry and advance their demands through strikes with the eventual goal of gaining control over the means of pr ...
organiser notable for establishing the
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in
Great Britain.
Swasey was sent to Great Britain in 1913 and the British section of the IWW was founded on 20 February 1913.
He attended the
First International Syndicalist Congress, held in
London, 27 September to 2 October, 1913, but not as delegate of the IWW.
References
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Industrial Workers of the World members
20th-century British people
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing