The Industrial Workers of the World and Agricultural Laborers in the American West, 1905-1930
"The advent of new technologies in the early decades of the twentieth century changed the face of American farming. Increased mechanization and the expansion of markets demanded a new kind of agricultural worker - gone was the local farmhand, replaced by a cheap and temporary labor force of migrant and seasonal workers. In Harvest Wobblies, Greg Hall describes how members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) organized the men, women, and children who had become so essential and yet so exploited on the farms of the American West."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
He urged those at the conference not to infringe on workers' right to form unions.
On the question of sabotage, which concerned many in attendance, Brazier
explained that sabotage did not mean the destruction of property, but the
withdrawal of efficiency — in other words, a work slowdown. Even though Milroy
and others continued to argue vehemently against IWW activity in the city, Mayor
Barton and city officials agreed to allow a Wobbly presence. City leaders would
permit an IWW ...
