Wikipedia:WikiProject Organized Labour/open tasks

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.

Requested articles

 * See also list of trade unions and list of strikes.


 * Hormel ought to become P-9 Strike (1985) or somesuch -- in my view this was a very significant strike -- Richard Myers (talk) 18:40, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Virden, Illinois needs to be turned into Battle of Virden -- a difficult subject, but important. Richard Myers (talk) 09:59, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Richard, I've started the page for Battle of Virden, and welcome any assistance or review or comment from you all. --Lockley (talk) 21:27, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Business unionism - this link currently goes to disambiguation page, article still needed -- the predominant North American model, related to Gompersism. As opposed to social unionism.
 * Scottish Artists Union: SAU, trade union for visual and apllied artists in Scotland, constituted 2001
 * 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
 * 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
 * United Metal Workers, United Brotherhood of Railway Employees - organizations, which founded the IWW--CarabinieriTTaallkk 18:23, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * George Estes, W. L. Hall leaders in the United Brotherhood of Railway Employees, then in the IWW--CarabinieriTTaallkk 18:23, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Clarence Smith (unionist), leader in the American Labor Union, then in the IWW--CarabinieriTTaallkk 18:23, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Voice of Labor, official organ of the American Labor Union--CarabinieriTTaallkk 18:23, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I note that the Communist Labor Party also used the name "Voice of Labor" for its newspaper, so we'll have to distinguish between the two. Richard Myers (talk) 06:04, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I note that the Communist Labor Party also used the name "Voice of Labor" for its newspaper, so we'll have to distinguish between the two. Richard Myers (talk) 06:04, 28 March 2009 (UTC)


 * United Brotherhood of Railway Employees Bobanny 23:08, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Independent Union of All Workers in Minnesota -- Richard Myers (talk) 23:56, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Frank Ellis (unionist), Independent Union of All Workers -- Richard Myers (talk) 23:56, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Dues checkoff - could be part of Union dues. - Richard Myers (talk) 03:20, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Job control (labor) - i know this is an IWW concept, but there may be additional dimensions. - Richard Myers (talk) 23:40, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Robert Hoxie - wrote Trade Unionism in the United States, theorized about classifications of unions, such as business unionism, revolutionary unionism, uplift unionism, and predatory unionism. Richard Myers (talk) 01:33, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
 * "American Federation of Railroad Workers" - conservative, whites-only, an exception among industrial unions - went up against AFL craft unions Richard Myers (talk) 21:18, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Jack Wayne Hall, (1915-1971) labor activist, help bring the Democratic Party to power in Hawaii-RFD (talk) 19:29, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Requests for expansion

 * Kilusang Mayo Uno
 * Trade Union Congress of the Philippines
 * How do employees receive their "cards" where they note their union representation preference, and how/where do they turn them in? Does the employer supply the form or does it come from somewhere else?
 * 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)
 * In particular, there needs to be included a description of the history of the AFL-CIO. The history section begins with the NUP, so it doesn't tell much of the story at all. This is for someone more knowledgeable than I. Tony Clothes 08:48, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
 * ...six years later the article has barely changed...let's get on it...groupuscule (talk) 06:52, 4 August 2012 (UTC) P.S. maybe it's the en-dash throwin people off...
 * ICFTU African Regional Organisation
 * ICFTU Asia and Pacific Regional Organisation
 * ICFTU Inter American Regional Organisation of Workers
 * National trade union center
 * Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Moldova
 * Congress of South African Trade Unions Played important political role as ally of the ANC. Short article.
 * European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) Similar to the ICFTU regional organisations. Very active in lobbying the EU. Nothing.
 * 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 a 1 1/2 paragraph summary for the entire industrial revolution.
 * 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.
 * This pages appears to have been turned into a disambiguation page, and the stub information has been deleted. Does it still need work/expansion?--Dana boomer (talk) 21:29, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 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 thanks, Richard Myers 21:01, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Public-sector trade union is a stub. Given such unions are largest in US, it merits more. Including coverage outside US, where I'd guess such unions are even more important. (There also seems to be very little coverage of public sector unions in general articles covered by this project.)

Requests for review

 * Draft:Police_and_Unions I started drafting an article about police unions, would love help! Shushugah (talk) 02:40, 9 June 2020 (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)


 * Information.svg requested move discussion has been initiated for Violent labor disputes in the United States to be moved to List of worker slayings in labor disputes in the United States. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here.Jeff in CA (talk) 04:48, 28 September 2015 (UTC)