1900's Business and the Economy | Manifesto of the Industrial Workers of the World

Declaration

By: Industrial Workers of the World

Date: January 1905

Source: Manifesto of the International Workers of the World. Adopted January 1905. Reprinted in Haywood, William D. Bill Haywood's Book: The Autobiography of William D. Haywood. New York: International Publishers, 1929, 175–179.

About the Organization: The Industrial Workers of the World, a radical labor organization, was organized in Chicago in January 1905. Prominent among the organizing members were William D. Haywood of the Western Federation of Miners, Daniel De Leon of the Socialist Labor Party, Eugene V. Debs of the Socialist Party, and fiery labor agitator, Mother Jones.

Introduction

The economic order that emerged in the post–Civil War era was dominated by ever larger business concerns. The industrial laborer who provided the muscle that drove these enterprises had become part...