Fred Thompson
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(1933) “Big IWW drive is on in Detroit” by L.B.
An account of the Briggs strike in Detroit by L.B. Originally appeared in Industrial Worker March 21, 1933, Vol. 14, No. 114, Whole No. 847. DETROIT, Mich., March 14. — The vanguard of the rank and file of the Briggs strikers are lining up in the Metal and Machinery Workers Industrial Union of the I.W.W.… Continue reading
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(1938) “Rank-and-file rule: what it is, and what it isn’t” by Fred Thompson
An article by Fred Thompson about what he sees as the rank-and-file control of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Originally appeared in the One Big Union Monthly (March 1938). We working people want to raise our wages, cut our hours, make our jobs safer and less injurious to our health and less unpleasant… Continue reading
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(1969) “World labor needs a union” by Fred Thompson
A 1969 pamphlet written by Fred Thompson and produced by the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) about potential worldwide union coordination and cooperation. I. National Unions Face a World Market Speedier shipping, ingenious packaging and loading, temperature control, the elaboration of business concerns into multinational corporations, the growth of industry where ten years ago… Continue reading
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(1969) “Another ‘labor historian’ writes a book about the Wobblies – so what else is new?” by Fred Thompson
A review by Fred Thompson of Melvyn Dubofsky’s We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW. Originally appeared in the Industrial Worker (November 1969) “We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW” by Melvyn Dubofsky, Quadrangle Books, Chicago, 1969; 484 pages plus 72 pages of footnotes and index; $12.50 This book is an… Continue reading
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