Talk:Industrial unionism

Re: NPOV and global view

Hey @IronBattalion: I'm checking in on this page as part of the preparation for the February 2023 Organized Labour edit-a-thon and noticed you've been taking some time to bring this article into a Neutral Point of View and more in line with a global view on the subject. I just wanted to ask if you think there are still elements of POV that need scrubbing? If so, could you point these out? I can already see that the article is still very US-centric, although I do wonder how inevitable this is (from my understanding, the term "industrial unionism" is largely used in the English-speaking world, while "syndicalism" is more often used elsewhere).

In any case, thanks for all the effort you've put into improving this article. Your hard work is appreciated. -- Grnrchst (talk) 12:14, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

G'day Gren, and welcome to the page which my mind fears – where it short-circuits on how to exactly restructure this ******* ***** and ****** page layout of absolute ******* madness (I think I've gone Troppo). All humour aside, the best way for the edit-a-thon to magically-guess-my-mind is through a checklist. Full disclaimer, this my list of problems, and it is by no means exhaustive or even actual problems, just the ones I personally see.

NPOV Problems

1. In the history section there are multiple references to scab (term needs clarification for the readers^{Yes, I'm a Newspaper editor now, sue me}) workers, strikes, and general messaging in a manner that suggests an underlying bias (i.e. too friendly to workers). Nothing too major, we just need to flatten out the language. I mean the sentiment is nice, but NPOV.
2. I'm tired, I'll add more in the morning

US-Centric Problems

1. History: I don't know if there was parallel movements, because if there is not I'm fine with a focus on the US for the early history of industrial but not until the end of the section. As far as I'm concerned, as soon as the IWW hit Australia around late 19th early 20th century the article history should expand globally
   • From there some of the history could be switched down to the US country section.
   • Additionally, I learnt afterwards that this is slightly against regulations, but at User:IronBattalion/Industrial unionism is the old history before I truly started cutting at the history. It has been blanked, but it is easier access going through that page history than this one, and some of that content could be transferred.
2. The philosophy section is purely US focused with no examples pulled globally at all
3. fife mor minutes... no mother I van ti sleep

Structural Problems

1. The intro needs to be expanded (I would recommend it last, since we don't know what's on the page at the end of this)
2. The philosophy, revolutionary, and political section is awkwardly jammed in that place
3. stop readin... its unfinisged

Most of these problems can be attributed to one editor (the originator of the page) who has sadly passed. I say this because, while his bias did lead to a US-centric and non-NPOV article, I'm grateful that I just have to edit down the structure, rather add more content because I just wouldn't have the patience and passion. He should be acknowledged for his excellent effort for starting and building the flawed but excellent page, and as much as I would like to criticise the layout–but then again I do that for a lot of pages–I've seen worse.

On a Final Point of Order, something's been bothering me, something massive... however I just feel it can't be emoted with just text though, this has to be addressed in... passive-aggressive tone!! *dramatic music*. In all seriousness, this is a petty correction though: As far as I understand it, Syndicalism is not industrial unionism. Syndicalism wants to reshape societal, political and economic structures based upon pseudo-corporatist industrial unions (think a very different sort of Communism). This is while industrial unionism aims to combine all workers of an industry into one union, economic and political structures be damned.

P.S. This is my Post-Pledge Pledge:

For the Strike, For Solidarity, For Labour, For Wikiproject:Organised Labour

– IronBattalion (talk) 14:23, 31 January 2023 (UTC)