Talk:Volkswagen and unions

Brazil

German/Brazil bilateral organizing between IG Metall and Central Única dos Trabalhadores including averting layoffs during 1998 Brazilian economic crisis (Samba effect??)

• Rüb, Stefan (May 2002). "World works councils and other forms of global employee representation in transnational undertakings: A survey". Arbeitspapiere, Hans-Böckler-Stiftung. 55.

• Anner, Mark (2003). "Industrial Structure, the State, and Ideology: Shaping Labor Transnationalism in the Brazilian Auto Industry". Social Science History. 27 (4): 603–634. ISSN 0145-5532.

~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 00:27, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

South Africa sources

Sources on anti-apartheid case studies

• "Trade-Union Internationalism and Solidarity in the Struggle against Apartheid: A Case Study of Volkswagen". Historical Studies in Industrial Relations (23–24). 2007. doi:10.3828/hsir.2007.23-24.5.

• Bolsmann, Chris (2010-12-01). "Contesting Labor Internationalism: The "Old" Trapped in the "New" in Volkswagen's South African Plant". Labor Studies Journal. 35 (4): 520–539. doi:10.1177/0160449X10365560. ISSN 0160-449X.

• Hlatshwayo, Mondli; Buhlungu, Sakhela (2017). "Work reorganisation and technological change: limits of trade union strategy and action at ArcelorMittal, Vanderbijlpark". African Sociological Review / Revue Africaine de Sociologie. 21 (1): 126–153. ISSN 1027-4332.

Feel free to add them in article directly ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 00:27, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

China

Agency workers of China at FAW-Volkswagen

• "One year on, the struggle continues for Volkswagen workers in Changchun". China Labour Bulletin. 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2021-09-06.

• "Equal Pay: VW Grapples with Contract Worker Revolt in China". www.handelsblatt.com. Retrieved 2021-12-06.

~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 22:37, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

potential Images

Currently c:Main doesn't have any relevant images except for File:1. Mai Hannover Otto-Brenner-Straße Transparent Metaller Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge IG Metall.jpg which I don't love, because it's blurry. I searched Flickr for IG Metall/Volkswagen related pics, but none of them are freely licensed. I will contact IG Metall and ask if they could release the license for one of the images here [1]. Would love photos of VW worker organizations around the world too ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 14:19, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Structure

Hi from WP:GERMANY! As someone who knows very little about this topic, here's what I feel is missing from this article at present:

• Leadership section: seems orphaned. I'd expect something like "Organizational Structure" here instead, if you have more info you can add to that? I would also not expect this to come before History.
• Similarly, Ownership Structure seems misplaced, but since it's just a couple of lines and I don't know anything else about the topic I don't have any suggestions here.
• A brief Background section like in the article on Amazon would be really helpful
• Is the History section "done"? If so, I don't know why it stops in '49.
• And of course the sections on individual countries still need fleshing out, but you obviously know that and are working on them already.

I hope this extremely non-expert review is at least a little helpful! -- asilvering (talk) 17:46, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

@Asilvering Thank you! I incorporated some of your feedback and struggled with structure as well! A purely linear history felt like wrong approach, so I wanted to document an early history, but for other sections, give distinct dimensions. Collective bargaining will likely be a section of its own, or within Germany. With more sources, the Supervisory Board, Works Councils can also be fleshed out. Global Framework Agreements, working standards (28/35 and the 5000x5000 programmes can all be covered as well). I expect the structure of this article to change further, with more information being added. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 18:43, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 00:05, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

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• ... that on initiative of the Volkswagen worker organizations, Volkswagen formed one of the first Global Works Councils in 1998, an extension of the existing European Works Council? Source: World works councils and other forms of global employee representation in transnational undertakings: A survey
  • Reviewed: N/A
  • Comment: This is my 4th DYK nomination, so no QPQ is needed. If there's a stylistic/syntactical issue, feel free to boldly edit the hook itself! ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 20:34, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

Created by Shushugah (talk). Self-nominated at 20:22, 12 December 2021 (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: Article is new enough, long enough, and well-cited. QPQ not needed. Hook is interesting. However there is problem with plagiarism, with a big chunk of text directly taken from http://yourgolfchoice.blogspot.com/2018/01/volkswagen-westmoreland-assembly.html. Please refer to this comparison via Earwig https://copyvios.toolforge.org/?lang=en&project=wikipedia&title=Volkswagen_worker_organizations. You need to remove or re-write the section of text that is the "Westmorland, Pennsylvania" section. Feel free to ping me once you've done this, but my reply might take a while due to upcoming vacations. Looking forward to moving this interesting topic forward. Lajmmoore (talk) 18:20, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

Lajmmoore thank you for checking everything, including the plagiarism. I copied the text (with attribution) from Volkswagen Westmoreland Assembly article, and I checked a 2017 version of it, which has the exact same alleged copyright violation. I believe this is a case where the blogspot blog copied without attribution from Wikipedia in January 2018, not the other way around. See this link for comparison of an older version that has exact same text. I am happy to further rephrase it if need be, but if it's a false alert, how can it be marked as such both in this article and Volkswagen Westmoreland Assembly? ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 19:05, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

Hey Shushugah - that's so interesting that Earwig picked up the blog, but not the wiki. Either way, because it's such a chunk, it would be great if you could put a note on both talk pages. I do see that its in the edit summary, but (especially with the GA nomination) I do think a note would be helpful! Thanks Lajmmoore (talk) 19:17, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

Lajmmoore I added a notice to both talk pages. It makes sense to me that Earwig wouldn’t look at intra wiki copying, because it’s actively encouraged (with attribution usually, but even that’s exempt when it’s the same author). I’m surprised it doesn’t detect prior versions. I guess citogenesis is still a risk either way, but that’s another story. Thank you for taking the time to review with holiday rush! ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 19:45, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

Shushugah looks good to me! Lajmmoore (talk) 21:02, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

To T:DYK/P7

Shop stewards

The IG Metall Vertrauenskörperleitung VW (VKL; Shop Steward Committee?) organizes the shop stewards at Volkswagen. Official link. In the academic article below (In German) on Page 219, it explains the link between IG Metall VKL and Works Council.

• Dombois, Rainer (2009). "Die VW-Affäre — Lehrstück zu den Risiken deutschen Co-Managements?". Industrielle Beziehungen / The German Journal of Industrial Relations. 16 (3): 219. ISSN 0943-2779.

Couldn't find more sources, will keep digging. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 19:47, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

GA nomination

I wish to add sections on Brazil, China soon but they're not needed for GAN criteria.

Breadth is a main criterion (#3) of Good Article status, so if there are significant activities in Brazil and China, they would need to be covered for GA status. czar 18:44, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

@Czar I am working on filling up the Brazil section, the 1977 strike (pt:Greves de 1978-1980 no ABC Paulista; not existing in English yet) is where Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as leader of the Sao Bernardo do Campo metal union became famous practically overnight. VW Worker's involvement was minimal in the first strike, but major in the following year during the "relaxation" periods. It's not quite clear to me what the line between "breadth" and "comprehensive" coverage is and what major facts can be included/omitted for GAN criteria, especially historic info. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 09:18, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

Sounds good! I was only commenting based on what I saw in the GA nom note. For breadth vs. comprehensiveness, just covering Brazil and China in broad strokes should be sufficient, comparing Good Article criterion 3 ("major aspects of the topic") vs. Featured Article criterion 1b ("neglects no major facts"). czar 18:47, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

GA Review

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Reviewer: Mujinga (talk · contribs) 11:05, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Overview

• I'll take this on for review as part of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/GAN Backlog Drives/January 2022. Regarding the note on the nomination, I see there's already been discussion on the talkpage re broadness which I would echo and the article has since been expanded, so perhaps it's worth deleting that note. Mujinga (talk) 11:05, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
• Thanks for an interesting read! The artilce is stable, neutral, well-sourced, and no original research. I do have queries on prose and some minor MOS issues, below. The main sticking point right now is focus / broadness. To expand on the last point, the table you have helpfully provided shows VW has factories in many countries, so then why are the workers organizations of most places not mentioned here at all? Would it be better to make this article about VW organizations in specific places? Or an umbrella article? Or split the article into VW orgs in Germany / US / elsewhere? By comparison, IBM worker organization is quite easily laid out, 1 Australia, 2 China, 3 United States, but admittedly much smaller. Looking forward to discussing this with you, putting the review on hold now. Mujinga (talk) 12:33, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
  • Hi @Shushugah:, just thought I'd check in to see what's happening. No changes here since your reply Jan11 and no changes on the article by you since Jan18. Do you have time/energy to carry on? Mujinga (talk) 10:05, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

    @Mujinga hey there, short answer; I'll have more time this weekend and would appreciate an extension! I've addressed all of the grammar issues you mentioned. The English variation would be British English (added template already) generally; "percent" versus "per cent" are both acceptable in British English. I strongly prefer percent, given that per cent is ambiguous meaning. I am open to suggestions on whether the US section should also be British English, or change to American English; don't care myself that much either way.)

    I have found sources for Slovakia, China and Argentina; the last remaining change/question for me is...how to situation Germany, since a big portion of article delves into German origins/history, but also most transnational relations/strengths derive from Wolfsburg, Germany as a headquarter city/country. That said, I found more sources on other large plants/structures and will mention those more explicitly in a Germany section perhaps, for example mentioning the other marques operating in Germany. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 11:46, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

    • Great let's carry on then, drop me a line when you are ready. On Br/US eng I'm not bothered which you use, just that the entire article should be consistent. I see your point on percent/per cent, but the guidance from MOS:PERCENT is pretty clear - "In the body of non-scientific/non-technical articles, percent (American English) or per cent (British English) are commonly used" Mujinga (talk) 12:12, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

      So no edits here or on article in a week, would it be better to fail for now and renominate after working on the article at your own pace? Mujinga (talk) 14:15, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

      No further communication so failing Mujinga (talk) 20:14, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

Good Article review progress box

Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

Copyvio check

• earwig suggests violations but its spammy sites as discussed in the DYK nomination so all good

Pictures

• the two pix on the article are licensed ok
• the beetle pic is far away from the mention of the beetle in the text and the caption claims would need referencing
• i would suggest having a look for more pix of workers, on a quick trawl i found some nice stuff in the Bundesarchiv, for example:
  • File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F060161-0032, Wolfsburg, VW Autowerk, Eisenbahntransport.jpg
  • File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F040736-0022, Salzgitter, VW Autowerk.jpg
  • File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F038813-0010, Wolfsburg, Volkswagen, Kantine.jpg

Lead

• As you prob now know since I see ypou have been doing GARs recently, the lead should be bigger to summarise the article per MOS:LEAD
• VW is used as an abbreviation but not first explained

Organizational structure

• " is arguably " not really encyclopedic, would be ok if cited as an opinion of a named expert
• Volkswagen - so are we talking about Volkswagen Group or Volkswagen? in any case can be wikilinked
• maybe german governance structures need to be explained a bit more
• "half of the German workforce" - half of its German workforce?
• Supervisory Board / Public ownership - don't think you need these subheadings
• hitting issues of focus here .. are we talking about VW globally or just germany or indeed just at their main site? what is the scope of this article? the current title would suggest worker organizations anywhere where volkswagen is present

Mujinga First of all, thank you for the comprehensive review! I will work on the points you made, as well as specifically add high level info about China, Czechia (found sources), Argentina and China. Quickly responding to this point; the scope of the article is global. Given that half of the entire workforce/history is in Germany, and that the global structures are multi-tiered, for example while the top employee representative in Wolfsburg, Germany at VW Germany is Daniela Cavallo, she is also the chair of the European AND Global Works Council, and the German Supervisory Board makes decisions impacting all Group members, including outside of Germany. I try to emphasize this point of tension, between German governance/institutional power (with global impact), and the interests of non German group members. It's unique from nearly any other company in that sense, since most do not have such strong multi-tiered governance structures. I try to elaborate on these examples where relevant, for example Brazil's contacts with German Works Council/trade unionists during the 1970s. Thank you for reviewing this very long/complex article, and I look forward to working with you! ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 15:55, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

• following on from that, i miss an intro sayig what VW is, where it has plants etc

Early origins

• Volkswagen (VW) - abbreviation and wikilink good to see, but needs to be higher up

1937–1945: Nazi origins

• % - percent (us eng) or per cent (br eng), didn't notice yet which style you are using, or indeed another one
• again not sure if you need these subheadings
• could expand on what "Eastern Workers" were, give german term - source is ok as self-source, a page number would be helpful

1945–1949: British occupying power

• discus - discuss
• British Major Hirst - first mention so give first name
• "denazifcation" - typo and also why in quotes?
• mid - mid-

Transnational activity

• "Transnational activity and organizing started in the 1970s between German workers and workers at foreign plants in Belgium, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa" - hmm so what is the focus of the article? when did these foreign plants begin? post WW2 or earlier? needs contextualising

• "The International Solidarity working group in Wolfsburg, along with the VW World Group Committee established in 1979 by International Metal Workers' Federation played a role in promoting international coordination" suggest "The International Solidarity working group in Wolfsburg, along with the VW World Group Committee established in 1979 by the International Metal Workers' Federation, played a key role in promoting international coordination"

European Works Council

• "With the acquisition of SEAT," when?
• you are relying purely on Rüb here and since its quite a long doc, page numbers would be handy for checking, eg "The first meeting was in 1990, " - seems to be page21

Global Works Council

• " known as Volkswagen Global Works Council," - " known as the Volkswagen Global Works Council,"
• " chaired by Klaus Volkert." weird tacked on clause, suggest making a new sentence or rephrasing
• a page ref for the table info would be handy

Global Framework Agreements

• " 'Charter on Temporary Work for the Volkswagen Group', " - def dont need italics and apostrophes, wondering if you need either
• " temporary workers at FAW-Volkswagen cited " for what reason?

Brazil

• "Trade union activity in VW was heavily repressed " - in VW or in Brazil?
• "In a 2014 National Truth Commission" - suggest In the 2014 National Truth Commission
• " In 2020, VW agreed to pay 5.5 million euros, part of which will go the Heinrich Plagge victims' association, and the rest going towards various research and human rights projects" is a bit garbled, and could summarise better "Volkswagen will pay 36m reals (€5.5m), of which 16.8m reals will go to the Henrich Plagge victims’ association of former employees and their relatives, and the rest of which will be donated to human rights programmes" in the source

1964 coup

• "Nordhoff didn't" - Nordhoff did not
• "What is currently taking place is a hunt such as we did not even see back in 1933 in Germany" - since its a direct quote i'd like to have a cite on this sentence in case more info is added and the source is broken off
• at this point i did a MOS:DASH fix using the handy script
• "wage dispersion" - not sure what that means

United States

• feels weird in terms of article structure to talk about Germany (without mentioning you are talking about Gemrnay), then Brazil, then US again, then the article just stops

Chattanooga, Tennessee

• " Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant has attracted " suggest Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant attracted - also when?
• "United Auto Workers " add abbreviation
• " It was backed" what was backed?
• "percent" correct if we are us eng, replace % with whatever you are using per WP:%
• a chunk of text here is also at United Auto Workers, is the provenance marked?

Westmoreland, Pennsylvania

• sentences can be pulled into paragraphs in this section
• % again
• "Volkswagen of America" - first mention of this entity i think, should be mentioned earlier
• VWoA - again, please first define abbreviation after long name
• wikilink Chrysler
• "and that the plant " - "and said that the plant"
• "assemblers" could link Assembly line
• "Volkswagen of America Inc. " reads weird, suggest volkswagen
• "The most prominent black executive at the Westmoreland factory and spokesman for the "VW Black Caucus" committed suicide, bringing further notoriety to the suit.[48]" maybe add another sentence or two on this, otherwise it seems gossipy

See also

• IBM worker organizations - ok, IndustriALL Global Union - delete, mentioned in text already

Notes

• 1 needs ref
• 2 needs ref

References

• excellent!

External inks

• ok

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Volkswagen worker organizations/GA2. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Coldupnorth (talk · contribs) 08:45, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Good day, I will undertake the GA review of this article and will list my comments and findings below. Thank you. Coldupnorth (talk) 08:45, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Summary

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Overall, a well referenced and interesting article. I believe there are a few minor issues with regards clarity and writing as per below. Also a reference is needed for one paragraph. Overall, it is nearly at GA. I have placed the article on hold to allow you to address the comments below. Thank you. Coldupnorth (talk) 09:53, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Comments/Actions

• Lead - The lead section should be improved. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section for further guidance. While this is a group of organizations, the title of the article should ideally be in the first sentence. Also the opening sentence The German auto manufacturer Volkswagen Group, with operations in 29 countries across 120 plants, employs over 120,000 people within Germany and 600,000 globally, it is one of the most well organized labour backed companies in the world. is long. I would suggest splitting up into a couple of sentences. I also think the lead section could be expanded to provide a better overview of the article. For example, the lead should define that Works Councils and IG Metalls are Volkswagen worker organizations. Instead it says they play a unique role. It is not sufficiently clear.

 Done

• Transnational activity - third sentence. 'Transnational labor organizing'. Here, the spelling 'labor' is used, but in the lead 'labour' is used. There should be consistency between spelling if the article is using British English. I would also note that the title of the article has 'organizations' yet there is a tag in the lead to use British English which would be 'organisations'.

 Done now using Oxford English

• Transnational activity - first paragraph. There needs to be a linking sentence/introduction as to how the International Solidarity working group, European Works Council, etc fit into the context of Volkswagen worker organizations as it is not immediate clearl. For example, Workers of Volkswagen are represented through several different organisations, including...

 Done

• Global Works Council - first paragraph. It consisted of 27 seats - please define further. Who are these seats for? Workers across the group? Or a mixture of workers, managers, shareholders?

 Done

• Global Works Council - second paragraph. "A general tension exists between the interests of the workers in the host country (Germany) and foreign member states of the European and Global Works Council, but workers in foreign states also gain strategic benefits from having close access to a well resourced trade union (IG Metall) and the Germany-based Works Council structures." This sentence is not clear. General tension is somewhat ambigious. I would suggest splitting up into a couple of sentences and clearly define what the tension is in relation to? For example, working hours, pay, etc?

 Done this article gives some interesting examples, of how weaker labour standards are perceived as competitive advantages for employers, so German trade unions are able to counteract that, by strengthening worker rights, with transnational instruments. On other hand, in case of Italy, Germany's social-partnership approach differs from the more conflictual industrial dispute model..

• VW World Group Council - The table is as of 1999. I appreciate sources may be difficult for an article of this kind, however a 23 year old reference of group council members is well out of date. Please consider sourcing an alternative reference.

 Partly done I will keep the table here for now, but found in existing source, claim that there are now 100 employee representatives as of 2017.

• Supervisory Board - there is a clarification needed tag. Unlike its automotive competitors BMW or Daimler, this means there is only one federally negotiated collective agreement between the employer and IG Metall, which is more favourable for all Germany based VW workers as a result. To what extent is it more favourable? Also, what are the differences with BMW or Daimler, do they have multiple collective agreements?

 Done Yeah, BMW/Daimler and most other employees conclude an agreement for example with Gesammtmetal Berlin, Gesammtmetal Bayern and so on, instead of a singular/federal collective agreement. Sources are rather inconclusive about which agreements are Inhouse versus company, but the general point is, VW directly negotiates with IG Metall, which is unique. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 21:41, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

• 1937-1945: Nazi origins - consider adjusting the structure of this section. This text seemed out of place as did the adjacent section. The history should come first, then with a discussion of the current councils, board, chair etc. For example, the historical section onVolkswagenwerk should be before the parent group being privisated in 1960 in the previous paragraph.

 Done

• South Africa - 2nd paragraph - reference needed for "By May 1969, half of VWSA's coloured workers were organized with the National Union of Motor Assembly and Rubber Workers of South Africa (NUMAWOSA) and they were formally recognized by VWSA"

 Done and also corrected page numbers.

• General comment - Looking at the associated List of Volkswagen Group factories , the Mladá Boleslav factory in the Czech Republic is the third largest VW factory, with some 27,000+ employees. However, VW worker organisations in the Czech Republic are not discussed, although Slovakia is. Given the scale of this in relation to other VW factories, I would have expected coverage on the Czech republic. Although I do not think this prevents the article being GA, as it is comprehensive generally, I think it would be a good addition should content/references be available.

 Done

• General comment - consider adding additional imagery and captions to the country based sections.

 Not done I have scoured Flickr and Wikimedia for permissably licensed imagery. It is not easy. I have also contacted some of these worker organizations, to see if they would be willing to donate material. If that changes, I will insert them in. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 21:41, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

Thank you User:Coldupnorth for such a thorough and excellent review! I will make my way through your comments. I have some time tomorrow, but otherwise will be traveling until October 23rd with limited internet access, so let me know if you'd be willing to extend your waiting period for reviews. Either way, kind regards! ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 20:24, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Shushugah, your welcome. Not a problem, I am happy to leave it on hold until after the 23rd to give you the time to work through the comments. Please just let me know when its ready. Many thanks Coldupnorth (talk) 21:18, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Coldupnorth hey there, am making my way through your reviews. I hope to be done by the end of this week and already the article is in improved state. I included some comments on my progress/clarifications. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 21:41, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi Shushugah, thank you, that's good progress. I will continue to keep on hold, please let me know when you finish responding to all the comments. Re the additional imagery, no problem, it was a 'nice to have', not a 'need to have' as there are at least a few images + captions in the article. Coldupnorth (talk) 18:17, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi, Shushugah how are you getting on with addressing the remaining queries? The article has now been on hold for quite a long time, longer than normal for the GA process. If you are unable to reserve these queries soon, I will need to fail the article. Thanks. Coldupnorth (talk) 16:35, 12 November 2022 (UTC)

Coldupnorth thank you for the patient nudge. I have been working on it continuously, (careful reading of the sources was most time-consuming, not surprisingly) and I believe I have now addressed all of your concerns. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 03:38, 13 November 2022 (UTC)

Conclusion

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Hi Shushugah, thank you for replying to the queries and making the required changes/reference additions. I now believe this article is at GA level. Well done. Coldupnorth (talk) 13:18, 13 November 2022 (UTC)

References

de:Co-Manager (Betriebsrat)

Worth reading through/adding content from :de:Co-Manager (Betriebsrat) perhaps. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 11:29, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

Breadth

There is a fair amount more than can be expanded about the recent Tennessee successful election as a national moment and how it's affecting UAW strategy. [2][3][4] for starters.

Also there was a 2023 book that would be relevant here: Stephen J. Silva's The UAW's Southern Gamble: Organizing Workers at Foreign-Owned Vehicle Plants. czar 12:28, 28 April 2024 (UTC)