An injury to one is an injury to all
# An injury to one is an injury to all

An injury to one is an injury to all is a motto popularly used by the Industrial Workers of the World. In his autobiography, Bill Haywood credited David C. Coates with suggesting a labor slogan for the IWW: an injury to one is an injury to all. The slogan has since been used by a number of labor organizations. The slogan reflects the fact that the IWW is "One Big Union" and organizes skilled and unskilled workers.

## Origin

The expression is similar to, and may be derived from, a slogan popularized in the prior quarter century by the Knights of Labor, "that is the best government in which an injury to one is the concern of all".

## Gallery

* Anti-Trump IWW anti-fascist protest with motto
* Occupy Boston, November 2011 in Massachusetts
* "An Injury to One is an Injury to All," a mural by Mike Alewitz in Los Angeles (now destroyed) 1993
