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Local 8, Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

Local 8, Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Philadelphia County, dedicated 2025.

301 S Christopher Columbus Blvd.

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This union represented Phila. dockworkers from 1913 to 1923. Led by Ben Fletcher, it was among the country’s largest, most powerful Black-led, multiracial unions. Advocated for better pay, improved working conditions and worker solidarity across ethnic and racial lines.

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1880 · Philadelphia, Camden. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1884 · Philadelphia, Camden. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1901 · Philadelphia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1902 · Philadelphia and vicinity, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware / Henry Gannett, chief… (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
1920 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Philadelphia, 1901, covering the location of Local 8, Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Philadelphia, 1901, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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