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Evaluating Trade Unions
When reading the article on trade unions, it can get distracting. The term labour unions is used a lot. This may be something minor but the term is used more than what it is really talking about, which is trade unions. But besides that, the article and each subsection represents themselves very will with the sources and information used. The information used is very neutral, which gives a reader a very strong understanding of what trade unions are rather than forcing an opinion on them.

Some of the subsections of the article such as: Germany, Costa Rica, Colombia, India, and Japan are very short with lack of information. The links in each of the subsections are very informative about the trade unions in those countries yet they are still underrepresented. But for some of the countries listed, trade unions are not that popular. The subsection 'Criticisms" is also underrepresented. The contributors to this section mostly talked about the United States. With all of the other countries they talked about in the full article, they should have talked about some of the criticisms of some of those countries.

The links in this article are used very will in the article. When clicking on a few of the links, each one takes the user to a page that supports what is being stated. The article also has many of these links in each paragraph which shows the authenticity of what is being said. The citations used are very informative on each topic that it is talking about. The references for the most part are very reliable. But on the other hand, some are written on a biased. Even though the bias is not represented in the Wikipedia article, the information could have been found in a more neutral source.

The information in the article looks to be about a decade or so out of date. More recent information on this topic could easily be added. Also, some of the shorter subsections can have information added. This article also slacks when it comes to its talk page. There are only a few things that are ever really discussed and it is only by a handful of users. As an article that has interests from multiple WikiProjects and is rated as a level-4 vital article, this article should be updated more often.