Talk:Brian Higgins (trade unionist)

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• ... that Scottish bricklayer Brian Higgins was unable to find work for 25 years after appearing on a construction industry blacklist?

• Source: "Although blacklisting was illegal, many construction companies vetted workers through a clandestine database that identified union members or activists as “troublemakers” ... Brian said: “I started to see it was getting harder to find work. There was plenty of construction work going on, but I was getting knocked back.” He was without work for more than 25 years until his retirement in 2006." from: Pounds, Chris (25 June 2019). "Brian Higgins obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 November 2024.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Celeste Caeiro

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 913 past nominations.

Dumelow (talk) 09:01, 20 November 2024 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Source says "He was without work for more than 25 years until his retirement in 2006", which supports hook. Article says "unable to work in the industry at all from 1981; being supported on the wage of his wife until his retirement in 2006". Accepting per WP:2+2=4. Jonathan Deamer (talk) 14:03, 26 November 2024 (UTC)