Talk:Volkswagen and unions

Brazil
German/Brazil bilateral organizing between IG Metall and Central Única dos Trabalhadores including averting layoffs during 1998 Brazilian economic crisis (Samba effect??)



~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 00:27, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

South Africa sources
Sources on anti-apartheid case studies







Feel free to add them in article directly ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 00:27, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

China
Agency workers of China at FAW-Volkswagen



~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 22:37, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

potential Images
Currently Main doesn't have any relevant images except for File:1. Mai Hannover Otto-Brenner-Straße Transparent Metaller Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge IG Metall.jpg which I don't love, because it's blurry. I searched Flickr for IG Metall/Volkswagen related pics, but none of them are freely licensed. I will contact IG Metall and ask if they could release the license for one of the images here. Would love photos of VW worker organizations around the world too ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 14:19, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Structure
Hi from WP:GERMANY! As someone who knows very little about this topic, here's what I feel is missing from this article at present: I hope this extremely non-expert review is at least a little helpful! -- asilvering (talk) 17:46, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Leadership section: seems orphaned. I'd expect something like "Organizational Structure" here instead, if you have more info you can add to that? I would also not expect this to come before History.
 * Similarly, Ownership Structure seems misplaced, but since it's just a couple of lines and I don't know anything else about the topic I don't have any suggestions here.
 * A brief Background section like in the article on Amazon would be really helpful
 * Is the History section "done"? If so, I don't know why it stops in '49.
 * And of course the sections on individual countries still need fleshing out, but you obviously know that and are working on them already.


 * @Asilvering Thank you! I incorporated some of your feedback and struggled with structure as well! A purely linear history felt like wrong approach, so I wanted to document an early history, but for other sections, give distinct dimensions. Collective bargaining will likely be a section of its own, or within Germany. With more sources, the Supervisory Board, Works Councils can also be fleshed out. Global Framework Agreements, working standards (28/35 and the 5000x5000 programmes can all be covered as well). I expect the structure of this article to change further, with more information being added. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 18:43, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Shop stewards
The IG Metall Vertrauenskörperleitung VW (VKL; Shop Steward Committee?) organizes the shop stewards at Volkswagen. Official link. In the academic article below (In German) on Page 219, it explains the link between IG Metall VKL and Works Council.



Couldn't find more sources, will keep digging. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 19:47, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

GA nomination
Breadth is a main criterion (#3) of Good Article status, so if there are significant activities in Brazil and China, they would need to be covered for GA status. czar 18:44, 24 December 2021 (UTC)


 * @Czar I am working on filling up the Brazil section, the 1977 strike (pt:Greves de 1978-1980 no ABC Paulista; not existing in English yet) is where Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as leader of the Sao Bernardo do Campo metal union became famous practically overnight. VW Worker's involvement was minimal in the first strike, but major in the following year during the "relaxation" periods. It's not quite clear to me what the line between "breadth" and "comprehensive" coverage is and what major facts can be included/omitted for GAN criteria, especially historic info. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 09:18, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Sounds good! I was only commenting based on what I saw in the GA nom note. For breadth vs. comprehensiveness, just covering Brazil and China in broad strokes should be sufficient, comparing Good Article criterion 3 ("major aspects of the topic") vs. Featured Article criterion 1b ("neglects no major facts"). czar  18:47, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

de:Co-Manager (Betriebsrat)
Worth reading through/adding content from de:Co-Manager (Betriebsrat) perhaps. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 11:29, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

Breadth
There is a fair amount more than can be expanded about the recent Tennessee successful election as a national moment and how it's affecting UAW strategy. for starters.

Also there was a 2023 book that would be relevant here: Stephen J. Silva's The UAW's Southern Gamble: Organizing Workers at Foreign-Owned Vehicle Plants. czar 12:28, 28 April 2024 (UTC)