WOBBLIES AND MEXICAN WORKERS IN MINING AND PETROLEUM, 1905-1924

The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), or ''Wobblies'', represente d a transitional stage in Mexican labor movement history. The Wobblies enjoyed support from workers because their philosophy corresponded to the Mexican labor movement's deeply-rooted anarchosyndicalist traditi ons. While cooperating with Mexican radical labor organizations, the I WW advocated workers' control, better pay, conditions, and union recog nition. In mining and petroleum, the IWW built upon the earlier organi zational efforts of mutual and gremial organizations. And, although th e Wobblies failed to establish a permanent foothold inside Mexico, the ir efforts resulted in the eventual organization of industry-wide unio ns.