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Goldfield, Nevada, Labor Troubles Of 1906–1907
The Goldfield, Nevada labor troubles of 1906–1907 were a series of strikes and a lockout which pitted gold miners and other laborers, represented by the Western Federation of Miners (WFM) and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), against mine owners and businessmen. The troubles are significant because in Goldfield, Nevada, Goldfield the IWW gained its greatest degree of power in a labor market, and came closest to its ideal of "the one big union."Paul Frederick Brissenden, 1919, "The I.W.W., a study of American syndicalism," ''Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law'', v.83, n.193.p.191–192 The power of the IWW was ended by the controversial occupation by federal troops in December 1907. Background Goldfield was organized as a town in October 1903 near recently discovered gold deposits in a remote spot of the southern Nevada desert.Sally Zanjani, ''Goldfield'' (Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1992).p.24 The population of the town rose to between 15,000 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Federation Of Miners
The Western Federation of Miners (WFM) was a labor union that gained a reputation for militancy in the mines of the western United States and British Columbia. Its efforts to organize both hard rock miners and smelter workers brought it into sharp conflicts – and often pitched battles – with both employers and governmental authorities. One of the most dramatic of these struggles occurred in the Cripple Creek district of Colorado in 1903–1904; the conflicts were thus dubbed the Colorado Labor Wars. The WFM also played a key role in the founding of the Industrial Workers of the World in 1905 but left that organization several years later. The WFM changed its name to the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers (more familiarly referred to as Mine Mill) in 1916. After a period of decline it revived in the early days of the New Deal and helped found the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in 1935. The Mine Mill union was expelled from the CIO in 1950 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
