What does Industrial Workers of the World mean?
• INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD (noun) The noun INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD has 1 sense: 1. a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism; its membership declined after World War I Familiarity information: INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD used as a noun is very rare.