Wobblies launch new branch in Montana

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By John Grant Emeigh - Montana Standard, March 2, 2008

BUTTE - With an old, worn broom, Dennis Georg swept off nearly a foot of February snow that had accumulated on the grave of Frank Little.

It was just a small favor from one Wobbly to another Wobbly: Solidarity to the end.

Georg, as was Little, is a card-carrying member of a small but controversial union known as the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). It was started in Chicago by a group of socialists and anarchists who wanted to unite all the workers of the world. They were reviled by many as subversives and Communists.

"It was once very dangerous to carry an IWW card," Georg said recently while in Butte.

Industrial Workers of the World - Two Rivers, Montana GMB

Wobblies launch new branch in Montana