Industrial Workers of the World


noun

an international industrial labor union, considered radical by many, that was organized in Chicago in 1905 and that disintegrated after 1920. Abbreviation: I.W.W., IWW
Compare Wobbly.

British Dictionary definitions for industrial workers of the world

Industrial Workers of the World

noun

an international revolutionary federation of industrial unions founded in Chicago in 1905: banned in the US in 1949 Abbreviation: IWW See also Wobbly