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Industrial Workers of the World The Bisbee Deportation of 1917 
 A brief history of this significant event in labor history. Included are full-text documents of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), or Wobblies, including their song book. Site also contains documents supporting the copper mining companies and a selected bibliography. Note: Site does not display well in Internet Explorer. From the University of Arizona Library. http://www.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/bisbee/ Topics: Activism, Geology, Labor, Technology, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Jan 15, 2007 Centralia Massacre Collection
"This collection of pamphlets, leaflets and letters, originally held by the now defunct I.W.W. [Industrial Workers of the World] Seattle Office, focuses on the Centralia Massacre of 1919 in Centralia, Washington." Accompanied by essays about the massacre and about the I.W.W., "sometimes known as the Wobblies ... a radical labor organization that was most active from 1900 to the 1930's." From the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections. http://content.lib.washington.edu/iwwweb/ Topics: Labor Last updated Aug 14, 2006 The Everett Massacre
This collection features "215 images including photographs, art work, oral histories and movies that help tell the story of the 1916 labor confrontation [in Everett, Washington state] known as the Everett Massacre." Includes a bibliography. From the Everett Public Library, Everett, Wash. http://www.epls.org/nw/dig_emassacre.asp Topics: Labor, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Oct 7, 2006 Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Official site of the "union for all workers." Features news about strikes and alerts, an international directory, "The Basics of Organizing," and more. http://www.iww.org/ Topics: Labor Last updated Jul 23, 2005 Joe Hill: The Man Behind the Martyr
This site explores "the story of Joe Hill, a labor organizer executed by the state of Utah in 1915." Includes biographical information and timeline; information on labor and the labor movement of the early twentieth century; perspectives on Hill's controversial trial; and lyrics to songs written by the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.) member, born Joel Emmanuel Haggland in Gavle, Sweden. Online companion to PBS program of same title. http://www.pbs.org/joehill/ Topics: Activism, Labor, Music, Musical Genres, Notable People, United States History Last updated Oct 2, 2004 |
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