English noun: Industrial Workers of the World | |||
1. | Industrial Workers of the World (group) a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism; its membership declined after World War I | ||
Synonyms | I.W.W., IWW | ||
Broader (hypernym) | brotherhood, labor, labor movement, labor union, trade union, trade union movement, trades union, union | ||