IWW Chronology (1932 - 1944)

Originally Titled, 95 Years of Revolutionary Industrial Unionism, by Michael Hargis - featured in Anarcho Syndicalist Review, #27 and #28.

1932

• IWW strike at the Cle Ellum dam project in Washington state.
• Lumber workers participate in strike at Gray's Harbor.

1933

• Organizing drive among automobile workers in Detroit. Sit-down strike at Briggs Highland plant wins 10% pay hike. Losing strike at Murray Body in September breaks drive.
• IWW hop pickers win strike in Yakima, WA.
• Organizing attempts on WPA construction projects on Mississippi Bridge near New Orleans, at the Los Angeles Aquaduct, Fort Peck in Montana and New York Tunnel.
• Strike at Ferro Foundry in Cleveland, OH.
• Chilean IWW Administration reestablished.

1934

• Cleveland, Ohio, organizing takes off. Strikes at Ohio Foundry, Draper Steel Barrel, Perfection Metal Container, Permold Metal Container, American Stove, National Screw, Cleveland Wire Spring, Republic Brasswin recognition for IWW.
• Charwomen's strike.
• IWW votes to affiliate with IWA (AIT), then reverses itself.

1935

• Strike at National Screw and National Steel Barrel in Cleveland.
• National Screw unionist Mike Lindway framed on gun charge.
• Lumber workers organize in white pine country.

1936

• Philadelphia MTW refuses to load ships with arms for Franco's fascist forces in Spain.
• IWW seaman John Kane murdered by International Seaman's Union (ISU) goons in Houston.
• Lumber workers strike Weyerhauser, win 10% pay hike and camp improvements.
• IWW joins with other libertarian organizations in United Libertarian Organization to sponsor Spanish Revolution newspaper and aid Spanish revolution.

1937

• Construction Workers IU 310 branch wins right to process grievances on WPA jobs in Contra Costa and Alameda counties, California.

1938

• IWW establishes IU310 branch among WPA construction workers, wins free transportation in Watsonville, CA.
• Strike of Filipino fruit pickers.
• New branches in American Brass, Superior Carbon, Globe Steel Barrel and Independent Register in Cleveland.
• IWW branch at American Brass signs contract; IWW referendum changes constitution to allow the practice.
• IWW wins NLRB election at Steel Stamping.

1939

• Canadian IWW establishes Fisheries Industrial Union Branch in McDiarmid, ON.

1940

• Strike at American Stove in Cleveland.

1941

• Metal Mine Workers IU210 organizes U.S. Vanadium mine and negotiates 13% pay boost in Bishop, CA. Wins NLRB election in the mine but loses out to AFL in the mill.

1943

• IWW wins 50 cent premium for working at Bishop mine.
• Organization of Federal Aviation in Cleveland; job action wins raise at American Stove.

1944

• Wobs forced to join AFL affiliate on a tunnel project in Bishop, CA, because AFL held contract with the contractor;
• IU210 signs contract with U.S. Vanadium.