William Trautmann
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| William E. Trautmann | |
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| Occupation | Founding General-Secretary of the U.S. Industrial Workers of the World. |
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William E. Trautmann was founding General-Secretary of the U.S. Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and one of six people who initially laid plans for the organization in 1904.
Trautmann was a key figure in the United Brewery Workers' Union in Milwaukee and the editor of the United Brewery Workers' German-language newspaper. He was expelled from that union for his participation in the founding IWW convention.
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