the wobblies

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he Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies) is an international union. At its peak in 1923, the organization claimed some 100,000 members in good standing and could marshal the support of perhaps 300,000 workers. Its membership declined dramatically after a 1924 split brought on by internal conflict. IWW membership does not require that one work in a represented workplace, nor does it exclude membership in another labor union.[citation needed]

The IWW contends that all workers should be united as a class and that the wage system should be abolished.[3] They are known for the Wobbly Shop model of workplace democracy, in which workers elect their managers[4] and other norms of grassroots democracy (self-management) are implemented.

On January 3, 2010, the IWW moved its GHQ offices to 2117 West Irving Park Road, Chicago.