Category talk:British trade unionists

Create sub-cat: Leaders of British trade unions

This category seems to have a mix of senior Trade Union officials, politicians who have supported trade unions without holding high office, and individuals who are notable for something else but at some point worked in a trade union to no great notability. One suggestion is to have a subcat such as Category:Leaders of British trade unions to hive off the really notable trade unionists, without being specific about General Secretaries, deputies, etc. Perhpas others should be removed from the category but it gets rather subjective. Mtiedemann 12:37, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Category description needed

In 2006 Mtiedemann pointed out above that the category inclusion criteria ar somewhat subjective. I have added a Template:Category description. A criteria that includes notable trade unionists and excludes others appears necessary. There are or were, millions of trade union members in the UK - because at certain times, for certain jobs, it was obligatory to become a member. For example I was one for just a summer job in the late 1970s, against my will. Here is a suggestion for inclusion and exclusion criteria:

• In: General Secretaries
• In: Deputies
• In: members notable for trade union activity (got into the media for example)
• In: members who (freely) signed their name to some protest or activity?
• Out: members whose articles have no verifiable cite of their activities
• Out: ordinary workers
• Out: members who only appear in published lists of union members

-84user (talk) 18:30, 9 July 2008 (UTC)