The One Big Union was a concept which emerged in the late 19th and early 20th century amongst working class trade unionists. The idea was that all workers should be organised in one union: one big union. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

When working class unions organised they intitially organised as craft or trade unions. These organised workers by their job type: all those who drew pins in one union; and, all those who flattened pin heads in another. Capitalists could often divide craft and trade unionists along these lines in demarkation disputes. As capitalist enterprises and state bureaucracies became more centralised and larger, some workers felt that their institutions needed to become similarly large. Initiatives for One Big Union occurred across the world. Most notable was the attempt of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) to organise One Big Union in America and Australia. One Big Union This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Craft unionism, or sometimes trade unionism, is a labor union organizing method by which labor unions are divided along the lines of workers specific trades, regardless of what industry they work in. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The IWW Label The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies) is an international union headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... ...

While attempts to organise One Big Union on militant and revolutionary lines did not succeed, the unions which made the attempt like the IWW or CNT were often successful in their own right without becoming the One Big Union. The Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (National Confederation of Labour or CNT), founded in Barcelona, Spain, in 1910, was at one time that countrys largest labor union. ...

Later, in the mid-twentieth century, many trade and craft unions emulated the earlier attempts to form One Big Union by federating or conferring. Examples include the AFL-CIO in America, the TUC in England. In Canada there was a union simply called "One Big Union." Perhaps the earliest example of an alliance of trade unions exists in the ACTU (Australia). The AFL-CIO is the largest labor union federation in the United States. ... Trades Union Congress headquarters at Congress House in Great Russell Street near Tottenham Court Road, Camden, London. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is the peak national body representing workers in Australia. ...

See also

• General union
• World Federation of Trade Unions
• Anarcho-syndicalism