An injury to one is an injury to all

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Marching demonstrators displaying the motto

An injury to one is an injury to all is a motto popularly used by the

labor slogan for the IWW: an injury to one is an injury to all.[1] The slogan has since been used by a number of labor organizations. The slogan reflects the fact that the IWW is "One Big Union
" and organizes skilled and unskilled workers.

Origin

The expression is similar to, and may be derived from, a slogan popularized in the prior quarter century by the Knights of Labor, "that is the best government in which an injury to one is the concern of all".[2]

Gallery

  • Anti-Trump IWW anti-fascist protest with motto
    Anti-Trump
    IWW anti-fascist
    protest with motto
  • Occupy Boston, November 2011 in Massachusetts
    Occupy Boston, November 2011 in Massachusetts
  • "An Injury to One is an Injury to All," a mural by Mike Alewitz in Los Angeles (now destroyed) 1993
    "An Injury to One is an Injury to All," a mural by Mike Alewitz in Los Angeles (now destroyed) 1993

See also

References

  1. Haywood, William Dudley
    (1929). The Autobiography of Big Bill Haywood. p. 186.
  2. ^ Annual Report of the Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics. 1884. pp. 68–71. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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