“The power of the capitalists is based on property, they have the laws, the army, everything! In spite of all that, the workers have something still more powerful. The workers’ power…is the common bond of solidarity.”
Known as “Smiling Joe,” Ettor was an Italian-American trade union organizer who, in the middle-1910s, was one of the leading public faces of the Industrial Workers of the World, or IWW.
Known as “Smiling Joe,” Ettor was an Italian-American trade union organizer who, in the middle-1910s, was one of the leading public faces of the Industrial Workers of the World, or IWW.