Talk:Industrial Workers of the World

Wobbly Shop

I have modified this because the idea is to delegate people to functions (and they're without privileges, subject to immediate recall), rather than to install managers who would control workers. This very seriously misrepresents the organisation's policy. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.35.70.213 (talk • contribs) 23 Jan 2006.

I just undid this edit

"but a near-consensus of members and academics reports it to come from a type of saw common in IWW-organised lumber camps in the early days of the union (1905-1924)."

on the theory that if there is "near consensus" then it should be easy to footnote. My copy of Rebel Voices, for example, says "origin unknown." Carptrash (talk)

Members?

Is there a source for the 12,000 current members in the IWW? Previous edits claimed there were 2,000 members with about 900 in good standing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.105.44.169 (talk) 08:05, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Attorney General Thomas Campbell Clark

Clark was no longer U.S. Attorney General in 1950 having been appointed to the Supreme Court in 1949 so either it was another AG or was before 1950 if it indeed was Clark who declared the IWW "subversives". I tried to research this online to no avail.

good catch! i found a source for IWW having been placed on list; it could have been clark that did it because according to source, it happened in 1949. however, the source doesn't say who did it, so i rewrote the sentence so that it didn't say either. a closer look at that whole sentence reveals many problems, though. i'll continue to look into it.— alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 15:28, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

i found a source for its being tom clark that did it; it's just that the year was wrong. the sentence is far too long, but i can't yet find sources for the rest of the facts stated in it, so i'm leaving it alone for now.— alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 15:37, 20 October 2011 (UTC)