The members of the Western Federation of…
1901 CE
The members of the Western Federation of Miners, adopting a socialist program at their 1901 convention, agree to the proclamation that a "complete revolution of social and economic conditions" is "the only salvation of the working classes."
WFM leaders openly call for the abolition of the wage system.
By the spring of 1903 the WFM will be the most militant labor organization in the country.