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Useful tools for editing trade union articles

Sample trade union article

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This page is the framework for a standard article on a trade union. Each section discusses what should be included, as well as the relevance for different levels of organizations.

Canadian Auto Workers Canadian Auto Workers National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada Founded 1985 Headquarters Toronto, Ontario, Canada Location Canada Members 265,000 Key people Buzz Hargrove (Pres.) Affiliations CLC Website www.caw.ca The Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) (properly the National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada) is one of Canada's largest and highest profile trade unions. The first sentence of the introducation should include the name of the article in bold, followed in parenthesis by the common acronym. The country of the organization, and the simple designation as a trade union, should be in the first or second sentence. The infobox at the right should be included at the top of the editing text. Complete details for using the infobox can be found at {{Infobox Union}}. History Today See also References External links [[Categories:Canadian Labour Congress]] Not normally visible on the page - categories are an important part of an article. The filing system, as it were.

Categories

For more information see Help:Category

Categories are like the filing system for Wikipedia. They are important to include in an article, and there are a number of them available. In general, always pick the most specific category you can find. There are two specific categories that should be filled for every trade union article.

• Category:Trade unions by country
• Category:International and regional union federations - use the most specific sub-category you can find.

A more general list of trade union categories can be found at WikiProject Organized Labour#Categories

Stubs

For more information see Wikipedia:Stub

Stubs are used as markers for short articles that need to be expanded. Generally, an article that is less than 1 - 2 paragraphs long is considered a stub.

The list of available trade union stubs can be found at WikiProject Organized Labour#Stub templates

Templates

For more information see Wikipedia:Template messages

Templates often appear as information boxes, like the one shown in the sample page above. There are a number of templates available specifically for trade union articles. They can be found at WikiProject Organized Labour#Templates