Welcome to the assessment department of the Organized Labour WikiProject! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's trade union and organized labour articles. While much of the work is done in conjunction with the WP:1.0 program, the article ratings are also used within the project itself to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work.
The ratings are done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the {{LabourProject}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Organized labour articles by quality and Category:Organized labour articles by importance, which serves as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist (Index · Statistics · Log).
Frequently asked questions
- How can I get my article rated?
- Please list it in the section for assessment requests below.
- Who can assess articles?
- Any member of the Organized Labour WikiProject is free to add or change the rating of an article.
- Why didn't the reviewer leave any comments?
- Unfortunately, due to the volume of articles that need to be assessed, we are unable to leave detailed comments in most cases. If you have particular questions, you might ask the person who assessed the article; they will usually be happy to provide you with their reasoning.
- What if I don't agree with a rating?
- You can list it in the section for assessment requests below, and someone will take a look at it. Alternately, you can ask any member of the project to rate the article again.
- Aren't the ratings subjective?
- Yes, they are, but it's the best system we've been able to devise; if you have a better idea, please don't hesitate to let us know!
If you have any other questions not listed here, please feel free to ask them on the discussion page for this department.
Instructions
An article's assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Organized Labour}} project banner on its talk page:
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Importance scale
Label | Criteria | Detail | Examples |
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Top | Reserved for the primary articles on organized labour. These are considered fundamental to the topic. |
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High | Major international articles, activists, strikes and movements. National trade union organizations. |
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Mid | General labour articles, national articles, activists, strikes and movements, and main articles on trade unions. |
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Low | Minor labour articles, national articles, activists, strikes and movements. Articles on trade union locals. | ||
NA | Used when an importance rating is not applicable. For example, for templates, categories, and files. |
Quality scale
Requesting an assessment
If you have made significant changes to an article and would like an outside opinion on a new rating for it, please feel free to list it below.
- Graduate Employees' Organization 3550 - hasn't been assessed for this project
- Confectionery Workers' Union of Australia - significant edits made, potentially due for a re-grade
- Andrew Furuseth - Thanks! Haus42 01:12, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Starbucks Workers Unionrated.--Bookandcoffee 17:52, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
- Justice for Janitors request High rating for significance of movement for US labor in particular
Graduate student unionizationrequest that the project adopt this page. I just made some edits, but previously it was pretty biased against unions and remains somewhat so.
- -Added labour tag--Bookandcoffee 16:44, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
World Confederation of Labour- Big revision, probably more than Start-class now. Cheers. -- Scartol 18:12, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
- -definitely B --Bookandcoffee 06:51, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
- Effect of the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike on television - Partially large revision. Request comments on how to further improve the article. --haha169 (talk) 07:46, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Bellinzona railway workers strike of 2008- Damian Doyle (talk) 08:42, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
- rated.--Goldsztajn (talk) 12:39, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Kenyan tea workers strike of 2007- Damian Doyle (talk) 08:42, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
- rated.--Goldsztajn (talk) 12:19, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
UK miners' strike (1984–1985) currently only "Mid" importance, I think it should be High. Fundamental to an understanding of the decline of the UK labour movement and from an international POV it was key to the ascendance of the Thatcherism / neo-liberalism that became economic orthodoxy over the subsequent 20 years.Chaikney (talk) 22:17, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
- Agree, good spot, moved to High.--Goldsztajn (talk) 00:50, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
- Triple Alliance (1914) is currently rated as 'start class', but substantial amendments have expanded and improved it. Thedaggerz (talk) 13:28, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
- International Workers' Association Major update to the history section. Not sure if it's worth a B class yet as other parts like organization still need work, but would appreciate a steer (talk) 15.57, 6 Oct 2011
Marine Cooks, Bakers and Butchers' Association of Australasia requires assessment (probably start class, low importance)- Warrenjs1 (talk) 06:51, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
Federated Marine Stewards' and Pantrymen's Association of Australasia requires assessment (probably start class, low importance}- Warrenjs1 (talk) 06:51, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
Marine Motor Drivers and Coxswains' Union of New South Wales requires assessment (probably start class, low importance}- Warrenjs1 (talk) 06:51, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
United Voice Major update including restructure, additional content etc.AlexinaDuel (talk) 05:05, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
- Sex worker Major update including information on legality of sex work, risk reduction, unionization, and other topics. Currently rated start-class; probably C- or even B-class now. Thanks, Ktpost68 (talk) 05:44, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
- Harold A. Schaitberger - Article I previously created on the current International Association of Fire Fighters President may be of interest to this WikiProject.--TommyBoy (talk) 01:22, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
- Winnipeg General Strike request higher rating due to major revisions and updates --
Ami du peuple (talk) 13:25, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
- Georgia Railroad strike of 1909 - Recently created article, looking for assessment. Thanks, JJonahJackalope (talk) 12:17, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
- 1977 Atlanta sanitation strike - Again, recently created article, looking for assessment. Thanks, JJonahJackalope (talk) 13:14, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
- 2019 AT&T strike - New article, requesting assessment. JJonahJackalope (talk) 21:25, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
- 1881 Atlanta washerwomen strike - Same as above JJonahJackalope (talk) 21:54, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
- Indian general strike of 2020 - Largest general strike in human history, seems like it should be classified as more important than "Low". TorpedoFahrt (talk) 09:19, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
- James Larkin Substantially edited since last assessment - Grosseteste (talk) 19:48, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
- Living Staff Living Wage - Not yet assessed Rhagfyr (talk) 15:01, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
- 1993 Dundee Timex Strike - I have expanded the article significantly since its last assessment. AKFrydo (talk) 19:43, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
Assessment log
- The logs in this section are generated automatically (on a daily basis); please don't add entries to them by hand.
June 13, 2024
Reassessed
- First International Syndicalist Congress (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
- SAC Syndikalisterna (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
- 1981 Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization strike (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
June 12, 2024
Removed
June 11, 2024
Assessed
- Ganga Saran (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- General Federation of Free Employees (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- History of the Indian National Congress (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as B-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as High-Class. (rev · t)
- United Office and Professional Workers of America (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
June 10, 2024
Renamed
- Frank Morrison (labor unionist) renamed to Frank Morrison (trade unionist).
- George Burt (Canada) renamed to George Burt (tade unionist).
- George Hardy (labor leader) renamed to George Hardy (trade unionist).
Reassessed
- Julia Romera Yáñez (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
- Nigeria Labour Congress (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from High-Class to Mid-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
- Category:Documentary films about labour relations in Canada (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Frank Morrison (trade unionist) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- George Burt (tade unionist) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Mid-Class. (rev · t)
- George Hardy (trade unionist) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as B-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as High-Class. (rev · t)
- Joe Ajaero (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
June 9, 2024
Reassessed
- 1860 New England Shoemakers Strike (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
- The Soul at Work: From Alienation to Autonomy (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
June 8, 2024
Renamed
- Al H. Chesser renamed to Alfred H. Chesser.
Reassessed
- Portuguese general strike of 1934 (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from C-Class to B-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
- Alfred H. Chesser (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
June 7, 2024
Reassessed
- Strikes Have Followed Me All My Life (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)