The I. W. W.: A Study of American Syndicalism
CHAPTER III
THE I. W. W. _versus_ THE A. F. OF L.
Attitude of the revolutionary industrialists toward the Federation. 83
Critique of craft unionism 84
"Union scabbery" and the aristocracy of labor 85
Emphasis on the unskilled and unorganized 87
The "pure and simple" union and the "labor lieutenant" 88
Repudiation of the policy of "boring from within" 89
Convention resolutions 91
The preamble and the clause on political action 92
The attitude of DeLeon and the S. L. P 93
The I. W. W. Constitution 96
Classification of industries 96
The structure of the organization 98
The local unions and other subordinate bodies 98
The General Executive Board and its powers 100
Other provisions 101
Influence of "DeLeonism" in the convention 103
The primary importance of the Western Federation of Miners 104
Samuel Gompers on the convention 106
Other comments 107
What the constitutional convention accomplished 108