wob-bly [wbl] n. pl. wob·blies

1. A member of the Industrial Workers of the World, a rank-and-file-run, international union dedicated to the abolition of the wage system.

cit·y  [st] n. pl. cit·ies

1. A center of population, commerce, and culture; a town of significant size and importance.

The IWW is a grassroots, worker-run, international union for all workers in all workplaces, dedicated to organizing both on and off the job, in our industries and our communities. Founded in 1905, we stand by the principles written in our Preamble, that the working class and the employing class have nothing in common, and that the wage system must be abolished. By organizing industrially, rather than by trade, we are forming the structure of the new society within the shell of the old.