Talk:Labour movement
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I found an inconsistancy between this article and another it links to. In this quote:
The idea met with great resistance. In the 18th century and early 19th century, groups such as the Tolpuddle Martyrs of Tolpuddle, Dorset were punished and deported for forming unions, which was against the laws of the time.
the article says they were deported for forming unions, which was against the law. But if you follow the link to the article about the Tolpuddle martyrs, it cleary says the laws making unions illegal were repealed several years before. It goes on to say that the Martyrs were in fact brought up on charges for breaking an obscure law from a hundred years ago.
As my edits have been reverted once, I will justify them here. (Indedented is text I removed.)
- (like trade unions)
They are mentioned in the next sentence, no need to mention them here.
- "in response to the employers
vs. "vis-a-vis employers". "In response to" means that the labor movement is only reactionary, and never stakes out positions of its own. This is incorrect.
- "socialist"
Not all supporters of the labor movement are socialists.
At least according to our Wikipedia article, the green revolution refers specifically to a period starting in 1944.
- The continuing effort, throughout failures and successes, of the global labour movement, to support, through activism, a fair and equal workplace for everyone in the world community benefits society as a whole.
Without prejudice as to the accuracy of this, many people would disagree and it cannot be proven, so we can't include it as is.
[edit] Labour and labor
Wondering if we cant just agree to Labour as a Wikipedia standard when referring to any Labour movement topics. Labor can perhaps still be an optional spelling for non-political usage. -Ste|vertigo 00:12, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
- Don't think it makes a difference. People can spell it however they like, since both are intelligible to both Commonwealth and American speakers. BTW, I added the American spelling in parentheses at the top, since it seemed silly to me to have it as a footnote. Most other articles put alternate spellings in the first paragraph. 208.61.5.123 01:15, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
- I think this speaks to the larger issue of whether to use European English spellings or American spellings. While most sources have a bit easier job of it (being published on one side of the pond or the other) wikipedia recieves contributions from many countries and faces a bit of a challenge from that. I'd say someone higher up should probably make one dialect the standard for international issues at least. --72.93.180.55 23:12, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Last Sentence in History
Someone needs to finish the last sentence in the History section. Right now it reads: "An active and free labour movement is considered by many to be an important element in maintaining democracy and for economic." Economic what? I would edit it myself but i don't know what word the original author had in mind. MAH! (talk) 21:06, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
