The ''Industrial Union Bulletin'' was a newspaper published by the

Industrial Workers of the World The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), members of which are commonly termed "Wobblies", is an international labor union that was founded in Chicago in 1905. The origin of the nickname "Wobblies" is uncertain. IWW ideology combines genera ...

(IWW), a

labor union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...

. During a 1906 split of the IWW into two groups, each claiming legitimacy as the real IWW, one group headed by former President

Charles O. Sherman Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was " ...

took possession of the union's office, and of the resources to continue publishing the organization's official newspaper, the '' Industrial Worker''. The office of president had just been abolished at the 1906 convention. The other group, headed by IWW Secretary Treasurer

William Trautmann William Ernst Trautmann (July 1, 1869 – November 18, 1940) was founding general-secretary of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and one of 69 people who initially laid plans for the organization in 1904. He was born to German parents in ...

Vincent St. John Vincent Saint John (1876–1929) was an American labor leader and prominent Wobbly, among the most influential radical labor leaders of the 20th century. Biography Vincent St. John was born in Newport, Kentucky and was the only son of New York ...

, and

Daniel DeLeon Daniel De Leon (; December 14, 1852 – May 11, 1914), alternatively spelt Daniel de León, was a Curaçaoan-American socialist newspaper editor, politician, Marxist theoretician, and trade union organizer. He is regarded as the forefather ...

, head of the

Socialist Labor Party The Socialist Labor Party (SLP)"The name of this organization shall be Socialist Labor Party". Art. I, Sec. 1 of thadopted at the Eleventh National Convention (New York, July 1904; amended at the National Conventions 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1924 ...

, published through a different IWW publication called the ''Industrial Union Bulletin''. A.S. Edwards was elected editor of the ''Bulletin'' in 1906., p. 176 The Trautmann-St. John-DeLeon faction eventually prevailed in a lawsuit over the Sherman faction. During the economic panic of 1907, the ''Industrial Union Bulletin'' went from a weekly publication to every two weeks, and for a time publication was suspended. The last issue of the ''Industrial Union Bulletin'' was published March 6, 1909.Brissenden, p. 229 A few days later, on March 18, the ''Industrial Worker'', version II, No. 1, Vol. 1 was published in Spokane, Washington.

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The ''Industrial Worker'' web site

The Industrial union bulletin : official publ. of the Industrial Workers of the World

Online archive of issues
Defunct newspapers published in Chicago Industrial Workers of the World publications Newspapers established in 1906 Publications disestablished in 1909 1906 establishments in Illinois

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