Wikipedia:WikiProject Organized Labour/open tasks

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These are the open tasks for the WikiProject Organized Labour. Articles are listed by the type of assistance requested.

There are three stages: non-existent, stubby, and identifiably flawed. "Requested articles" are pages that are entirely missing from Wikipedia. A little bit of research on the web is normally enough to write a stub. Be sure to move the list entry to the relevant section once you are done. Articles that are stubby, or otherwise lacking in content, may be found under "Requests for expansion". If something in particular is missing, such as a Union organisation article with a list of related companies but little historical background, be sure to say so when you enter it. "Requests for review" is for articles that are of decent length but need more attention. A need for a copyedit or for a fact check by a knowledgeable reader are appropriate reasons to ask for review.

Once an article has passed through the various stages of this process it may be placed under the Satisfactory section. Satisfactory articles are well-rounded, long enough to cover the topic in reasonable detail, and lack any major flaws. They are not expected to be perfect.

This open tasks list is intended to be a complement to the various Wikipedia features such as Cleanup, Requests for expansion, Pages needing attention and peer review, and you are encouraged to add articles from this list to those pages. Many articles on this page may also be good candidates for Collaboration of the week or the Article improvement drive.

WikiProject Organized Labour open tasks This project creates and improves neglected articles.
	Requests: South Asian Regional Trade Union Council, Timeline of Trade unions Expand: Maharashtra General Kamgar Union, Force Ouvrière, Jerome Wurf, Samuel Gompers, World Confederation of Labour, Bisbee_Deportation Update: Strike action, NHL Players Association, Teamsters for a Democratic Union other tasks | edit

[edit] Requested articles

See also list of trade unions and list of strikes.

• Trade unions in Burkina Faso
• Oaxaca teachers dispute: Well documented and publicised dispute currently underway in Oaxaca, Mexico.
• Heron, Craig (1996). The Canadian Labour Movement. James Lorimer & Company. ISBN 1-55028-522-2. 
  • Council of Canadian Unions (CCU) - "In 1969 Kent Rowley and Madeleine Parent, two outcasts from the purges of the 1950s, rallied a handful of unions outside the international labour movement to create the first significant national centre in three decades." p. 102
  • One Big Union (Canada) (OBU) - "The western dissidents headed home to organize a regional labour conference in March 1919 and then a referendum on creating a new militant organization, the One Big Union (OBU)." p. 51
    • see also [1]
  • Canadian and Catholic Confederation of Labour (CCCL) - "The Catholic unions grew dramatically at the end of the war, and in 1921 the clergy oversaw the creation of the Canadian and Catholic Confederation of Labour, which embraced about one-quarter of Quebec unionists." p. 53
  • Confederation of National Trade Unions (CNTU) - "The Catholic unions in Quebec continued to become more like other unions in the country, finally shedding their religious trappings and ideology in 1960, and reorganizing as the Confederation of National Trade Unions." p. 87
• Ed Boyce, president of the Western Federation of Miners during the 1890s --JerryOrr 12:04, 28 April 2006 (UTC) Done on 04/30/2006. -- Tim1965 02:21, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
• American Labor Union, Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance, United Metal Workers, United Brotherhood of Railway Employees - organizations, which founded the IWW--Carabinieri^T_T^a_a^l_l^k_k 18:23, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
• George Estes, W. L. Hall leaders in the United Brotherhood of Railway Employees, then in the IWW--Carabinieri^T_T^a_a^l_l^k_k 18:23, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
• Clarence Smith, leader in the American Labor Union, then in the IWW--Carabinieri^T_T^a_a^l_l^k_k 18:23, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
• Voice of Labor, official organ of the American Labor Union--Carabinieri^T_T^a_a^l_l^k_k 18:23, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
• United Brotherhood of Railway Employees Bobanny 23:08, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
• Moe Foner--cultural director of 1199SEIU's Bread and Roses Project, important figure in New York City's labor movement; also one of the famous Foner brothers (including Jack (labor historian, father of Eric), Henry (Furriers union president), Philip (labor historian). See http://www.bread-and-roses.com/obit.html

[edit] Requests for expansion

• AFL-CIO: too short an article for such an influencial group. See my note on the talk page for more details. Harro5 23:54, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
  • • I'm not sure how far to go on this. I have a really good 'short' history, but it runs to 33 typewritten pages. Far too long for a Wikipedia article. Some of it (Haymarket riot, 'Battle of the Bridge,' Samuel Gompers bio, Walter Reuther bio, etc.) can be chopped out, but it's still too lengthy. Tim1965 02:05, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
• ICFTU African Regional Organisation
• ICFTU Asia and Pacific Regional Organisation
• ICFTU Inter American Regional Organisation of Workers
• National trade union center
• Trades council
• Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Moldova
• Congress of South African Trade Unions Played important political role as ally of the ANC. Short article.
• CGT the major French trade union has just a stub.
• European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) Similar to the ICFTU regional organisations. Very active in lobbying the EU. Nothing.
• International Labour Organization Very brief text on U.N. organization that has meant a lot for working conditions in developing countries.
• International labour standards Defined as the ILO "core conventions". We have nothing on this.
• Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions Potentially important labour organisation in Iraq. - now a stub.
• Nigeria Labour Congress One of Africa's strongest trade union organisations, with a history of actively working for democracy in the country. Article now created, proofreading and expansion needed.
• Paterson silk strike of 1913 Important IWW strike (despite ending in failure). I added a decent stub, but it definitely needs to be expanded. --JerryOrr 14:57, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
• Picketing Nothing. I have added some information on legality, could do with some information on history.--JK the unwise 13:39, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
• Strike action A reasonable article, but nowhere near as comprehensive as it could be.
• Ver.di With 2.6 million members, this German trade union is the largest independent trade union in the world. Stub now created, more needed.
• Worker safety and health The Wikipedia article only deals with U.S. legislation. A lot more could be done.
  • There's also Occupational safety and health, which is more general, describing principles rather than specific national regulations (but is still a victim of systematic bias, it only specifically mentions US & EU practices.)
• Asbestosis_-_Compensation_and_Liability_Disputes An attempt to do just that.
• London Dock Strike (1889) "...is widely regarded as a major milestone in the development of the trade union movement, marking..."
• Industrial Revolution#Organization of labour a 1 1/2 paragraph summary for the entire industrial revolution.
• Haymarket Riot - the article is all about anarchism and socialism, and has almost nothing about labor. It wouldn't take much to expand it and reclaim this seminal event in U.S. labor history for labor.
  • Not disagreeing that the article could use work, but socialism having nothing to do with labor? Who do you think the 19th century socialists were, rich dilletantes? - Jmabel | Talk 18:25, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
• Writers Guild of America needs to be rewritten. It was correctly stubbed after several WP:OTRS complaints about the original article lacking sources and NPOV.
• Writers Guild of America, East needs expansion- this was my first attempt at creating a new article! Please pay careful attention for NPOV and credible sources in this article.
• Writers Guild of America, west needs to be expanded as well. Please pay careful attention for NPOV and credible sources in this article also.
• West Virginia has only one sentence about unions: "West Virginia also has a very strong tradition of union membership." There are no links to union articles. The link to the film Matewan doesn't mention what the film is about. I'm from the West, and am not as well-informed about West Virginia union history as some others may be. Hope someone can add some content. Possible links to add to new content could include: Battle of Blair Mountain and Labor_spies#Matewan thanks, Richard Myers 21:01, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Requests for review

• Bill Haywood Important leader in the IWW in the early 20th century. I've made a to-do list; once these items are addressed, I plan on putting it in for peer review and eventually pursuing featured article status. I've pretty much been the sole contributor to this article for quite some time, so any help would be greatly appreciated! --JerryOrr 21:43, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
• Lawrence textile strike Highly publicized strike in 1912. Decent length and well-organized, but absolutely no citation... not even a References section! --JerryOrr 16:54, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Satisfactory