William Haywood, 1916. Library of Congress At the turn of the twentieth century, the idea of an organization that could represent all workers — and end major corporations' corruption and exploitation of labor — came to life. Show An Imposing Leader "The Industrial Workers is organized not to conciliate but to fight the capitalist class. The capitalists own the tools they do not use, and the workers use the tools they do not own." — Eugene Debs A Union for the Unskilled Uniting People With Differences Two Philosophies "The working class and the employing class have nothing in common. There can be no peace so long as hunger and want are found among millions of working people, and the few, who make up the employing class, have all the good things of life. Between these two classes a struggle must go on until the workers of the world organize as a class, take possession of the earth and the machinery of production, and abolish the wage system... These conditions can be changed and the interest of the working class upheld only by an organization formed in such a way that all its members in any one industry... cease to work whenever a strike or lockout is on in any department thereof, thus making an injury to one an injury to all." Direct Action Songs of Revolt Defining Sabotage Anti-War Activism Raids and Arrests Seen As Traitors Decline Small But True What was a major difference between the Knights of Labor and?What was a major difference between the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor? The Knights of Labor included African Americans, but the American Federation of Labor excluded them.
How were the Knights of Labor different from other unions?The AFL focused on winning economic benefits for its members through collective bargaining. As a federation, it represented several national craft unions that each retained autonomous operations. The Knights, by contrast, represented both craft and unskilled workers in a single national union.
How were the Industrial Workers of the World IWW or Wobblies different from the American Federation of Labor AFL )?The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), also commonly known as the "Wobblies," was a radical labor union formed in 1905. The Wobblies wanted an alternative to the American Federation of Labor (AFL). Unlike the AFL, the IWW opened its membership to all workers, regardless of skills, race, or gender.
What were the goals of or IWW and Knights of Labor?The Knights of Labor was a union founded in 1869. The Knights pressed for the eight-hour work day for laborers, and embraced a vision of a society in which workers, not capitalists, would own the industries in which they labored. The Knights also sought to end child labor and convict labor.
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