Danielle Ni Dhighe
16th June 2015, 13:12
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On June 16, 1917, soldiers and sailors attack the Seattle office of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or Wobblies). Instead of protecting the office from attack, Seattle police arrest 41 members of the union. A radical, democratic union founded in 1905, the IWW is on the verge of leading a strike of Northwest loggers, mainly for the eight-hour day, that will virtually halt the timber industry in the state. War hysteria combined with an anti-union employer offensive provides the context for this attack and many others on Wobbly offices across the country. The United States entered World War I on April 6, 1917.
On June 16, 1917, soldiers and sailors attack the Seattle office of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or Wobblies). Instead of protecting the office from attack, Seattle police arrest 41 members of the union. A radical, democratic union founded in 1905, the IWW is on the verge of leading a strike of Northwest loggers, mainly for the eight-hour day, that will virtually halt the timber industry in the state. War hysteria combined with an anti-union employer offensive provides the context for this attack and many others on Wobbly offices across the country. The United States entered World War I on April 6, 1917.