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