LABOR UNION

Radical labor union, founded June 1905 in Chicago, IL.

Members call themselves "Wobblies."

Official Website:
http://www.iww.org/

Founding Date:
1905

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Roger Baldwin	Activist	21-Jan-1884	26-Aug-1981	Founder of the American Civil Liberties Union
Eugene V. Debs	Labor Leader	5-Nov-1855	20-Oct-1926	Labor leader ran for President five times
Big Bill Haywood	Labor Leader	4-Feb-1869	18-May-1928	Industrial Workers of the World
Joe Hill	Labor Leader	7-Oct-1879	19-Nov-1915	Labor leader, convicted of murder
Mother Jones	Activist	1-Aug-1837	30-Nov-1930	The grandmother of all agitators
Phil Ochs	Singer/Songwriter	19-Dec-1940	9-Apr-1976	50 Phil Ochs fans can't be wrong
Floyd B. Olson	Politician	13-Nov-1891	22-Aug-1936	Governor of Minnesota, 1931-36
Lucy Parsons	Anarchist	1853	7-Mar-1942	Anarchist labor organizer
Jack Reed	Activist	22-Oct-1887	19-Oct-1920	Ten Days That Shook the World
Margaret Sanger	Activist	14-Sep-1879	6-Sep-1966	Birth control advocate

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