The International Workers of the World (I.W.W.)

The International Workers of the World was formed and they are a group of organized field workers who wanted to unionize and make changes to their deplorable working conditions and wages. The members of the IWW were also know as wobblies who went from farm to farm to encourage new members throughout California. The wobblies however were feared by the Californians as organized labor was not something they supported. Starting in the mid 1850s Vigilance Committees were formed to police the organized laborers. They weren’t fairly promoting a lawful environment since the vigilance committees were made up of people on the side of the farm owners and “the propertied class” (507) The battle was rich against poor working class laborers in which the people at the top of the food chain if you want to call it wanted to keep the laborers in their place.

Reported by:
Maria Martinez