International holidays - Industrial Workers of the World Day

The peak of global industrial development and mass production occurred at the beginning of the twentieth century However, the transition itself from manual labor to machine labor, from manufactory to factory, began 2 centuries earlier The first industrial revolution dates back to the end of the 18th and mid-19th centuries At this time, artisans were replaced by workers who serviced mechanisms with a water wheel and a steam engine Innovative technologies for that time were constantly improved An assembly line and replaceable parts appeared, water and steam were replaced by electricity, from which factories and factories began to operate Historians call the period from 1870 to the outbreak of World War I the second industrial revolution At this time, a social stratum of society known as the working class was formed Trade unions are beginning to represent and protect the interests of workers before enterprise owners These include one of the largest organizations of its time, the Industrial Workers of the World, founded on June 27, 1905 It included socialists, anarchists and radical trade unionists, whose goal was the abolition of class exploitation and social inequality Chicago was the site of the creation of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and the signing of the Industrial Union Agreement in 1905 The peak of the organization's heyday came in 1923, when the ranks of its members numbered more than 100 thousand people World Industrial Workers' Day is celebrated on June 27, the founding day of the IWW The second industrial revolution was replaced by the third Computerization and automation of the labor process has brought great changes to the production system, including increasing the speed and accuracy of work through the use of CNC However, protecting workers' rights, fair wages and social guarantees are as relevant in the 21st century as they were three hundred years ago The interests of workers in Russia and other countries of the world are represented by delegates from among them who are members of trade union organizations In the Russian Federation, almost 27% of the population is employed in industry Its main industries are oil, gas and nuclear, transport, manufacturing and pulp and paper, pharmaceutical, light and food, automobile and aircraft manufacturing Trade union organizations also protect the rights of workers who work in construction, rocket and space production, road and agricultural engineering Celebrating Industrial Workers of the World Day is relevant for the Russian Federation, because industry is an important sector of the domestic economy The peak of activity of trade union associations as a production control body in our country occurred at the beginning of the twentieth century and the years of Soviet power However, organizational leaders always remembered that the idea of ​​​​creating democracy in the workplace and improving the conditions of workers originated in America in the depths of the Industrial Workers of the World The legacy of the first trade unions lives on to this day Therefore, June 27 is widely celebrated as World Industrial Workers' Day