Bill Haywood
（重定向自Big Bill Haywood）
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![1907 photo of defendants Charles Moyer, Bill Haywood, and George Pettibone](/Images/godic/202412/24/Haywood,_Moyer,_Pettibone2138.jpg")
![Haywood was the co-author of a popular exposition of the principles of industrial unionism published by Charles H. Kerr & Co. in 1911.](/Images/godic/202412/24/11-haywood-bohn2138.jpg")
![1913 photo of Paterson silk strike leaders Patrick L. Quinlan, Carlo Tresca, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Adolph Lessig, and Haywood](/Images/godic/202412/24/Paterson_strike_leaders2138.jpg")
William Dudley Haywood (February 4, 1869 – May 18, 1928), better known as "Big Bill" Haywood, was a founding member and leader of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and a member of the executive committee of the Socialist Party of America. During the first two decades of the 20th century, he was involved in several important labor battles, including the Colorado Labor Wars, the Lawrence Textile Strike, and other textile strikes in Massachusetts and New Jersey.