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The Inustrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies) is an international union currently headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. At its peak in 1923 the organization claimed some 100,000 members in good standing, and could marshal the support of perhaps 300,000 workers. Its membership declined dramatically after a 1924 split brought on by internal conflict and government repression. Today it is actively organizing and numbers about 2,000 members worldwide, of whom less than half (approximately 900) are in good standing (that is, have paid their dues for the past two months). IWW membership does not require that one work in a represented workplace, nor does it exclude membership in another labor union.

Trivia about wobblies

  • "Shaky" nickname of the Industrial Workers of the World
  • Whitney v. California upheld a law suppressing the Industrial Workers of the World, AKA this "shaky" union
  • Members of the Industrial Workers of the World were sometimes called by this "shaky" nickname

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