Partial list of notable past and current union shops, branches, or international unions belonging to 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 general ...
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Industrial Unions
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Agricultural Workers Organization
The Agricultural Workers Organization (AWO), later known as the Agricultural Workers Industrial Union, was an organization of farm workers throughout the United States and Canada formed on April 15, 1915, in Kansas City. It was supported by, an ...
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Agricultural Workers Industrial Union
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Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union
The Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union (also known as the Meatworkers Union) is an Australian trade union representing workers in the meat industry including in abattoirs, butchers, and smallgoods manufacturers.
Structure
The AMIEU h ...
(disaffiliated in the 1920s)
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Bakery Workers' Industrial Union (existed in 1919)
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Construction Workers' Industrial Union (existed in 1919)
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Coal Miners' Industrial Union (existed in 1919)
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Fishermen's Industrial Union (existed in 1919)
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Foodstuff Workers' Industrial Union (existed in 1919)
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Furniture Workers' Industrial Union
The Furniture Workers' Industrial Union (FWIU) was a trade union representing workers involved in making furniture in South Africa.
The union was established in 1925, when a small craft union in the Transvaal decided to reorganise itself as the ...
(existed in 1919)
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General Distribution Workers' Industrial Union (existed in 1919)
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Hotel, Restaurant and Domestic Workers' Industrial Union (existed in 1919)
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Lumber Workers Industrial Union
The Lumber Workers' Industrial Union (LWIU) was a labor union in the United States and Canada which existed between 1917 and 1924. It organised workers in the timber industry and was affiliated with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
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The Brotherhood of Timber Workers
The Brotherhood of Timber Workers (BTW) (1910-1916) was a union of sawmill workers, farmers, and small business people primarily located in East Texas and West Louisiana, but also had locals in Arkansas (7) and Mississippi (1). The BTW was organiz ...
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Marine Transport Workers Industrial Union
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Metal and Machinery Workers Industrial Union (dissolved in the 1950s)
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Metal Mine Workers' Industrial Union
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Motor Transport Workers Industrial Union
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Oil Workers' Industrial Union (existed in 1919)
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Printing and Publishing Workers' Industrial Union (existed in 1919)
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Railroad Workers' Industrial Union (existed in 1919)
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Rubber Workers' Industrial Union (existed in 1919)
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Shipbuilding Workers' Industrial Union (existed in 1919)
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Textile Workers' Industrial Union
The Textile Workers' Industrial Union (TWIU) was a trade union representing workers in the textile industry in South Africa.
The union was founded in 1935 and affiliated to the South African Trades and Labour Council. It was unusual in that it ...
(formerly
National Industrial Union of Textile Workers, United States)
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Western Federation of Miners
The Western Federation of Miners (WFM) was a trade union, labor union that gained a reputation for militancy in the mining#Human Rights, mines of the western United States and British Columbia. Its efforts to organize both hard rock miners and ...
(only briefly affiliated)
Shops
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Just Coffee Cooperative
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Jimmy John's Workers Union
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Ottawa Panhandlers' Union
The Ottawa Panhandlers' Union (french: Syndicat des clochards d'Ottawa, links=no) was a union for panhandlers, the homeless and others formed in Ottawa, Canada in early 2003. It was a shop of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), Ottawa-Outa ...
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Peoples' Wherehouse
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Red and Black Cafe (2009–2014)
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Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse
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Starbucks Workers Union
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Street Labourers of Windsor
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United Campaign Workers
See also
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Industrial Workers of the World organizational evolution The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) is a union of wage workers which was formed in Chicago in 1905. The IWW experienced a number of divisions and splits during its early history.
When the office of the IWW president was abolished at the conv ...
References
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Industrial
Industrial may refer to:
Industry
* Industrial archaeology, the study of the history of the industry
* Industrial engineering, engineering dealing with the optimization of complex industrial processes or systems
* Industrial city, a city dominate ...