User talk:Rygee

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Speedy deletion nomination of Bridesmaids' luncheon[edit]

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Removing Speedy at Bridesmaids' luncheon[edit]

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Your addition to Pullman Strike[edit]

Rygee, you have added this unsourced paragraph to the Pullman Strike article:

Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894 after the strike when President Grover Cleveland and Congress made reconciliation with the union a top priority. Legislation for the holiday was pushed through Congress six days after the strike ended.

How could Cleveland hope to make "reconciliation with the union" a top priority, after he had used federal marshals and the U.S. Army to totally destroy that union? The American Railway Union no longer existed after the Pullman Strike was crushed, and its leaders were sent to jail! If you're the President of the United States, does it make any sense at all to "reconcile" with someone you've just sent to prison?

It seems much more likely that Cleveland would have been rewarding Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor -- a federation of craft unions -- for helping to destroy a radical industrial union that had just launched a troublesome strike, and which was not affiliated with the AFL. That's not reconciliation, that's paying back a conservative organization for standing against a radical organization.

I'd be interested to know the source for the information that you added. thanks, Richard Myers (talk) 19:51, 21 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Rygee, how much do you know about organized labor? Did you not read what i wrote above?

There is not just one union. There are many unions, and have been a number of different federations.

Your edit misstates what is in the source. Including it is fine; representing it accurately is also essential. Your edit makes it seem as if all workers are, and have been, in the same union. As a union member (more than 40 years), former officer, steward, organizer, deputy secretary, and executive delegate, i'm telling you that your edit confuses the issue. Richard Myers (talk) 21:37, 21 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, accomplished. I never questioned whether it belonged in the article, just the specific wording, which i found very unfortunate in that it confused the issue. Thanks for understanding, best wishes, Richard Myers (talk) 21:53, 21 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits[edit]

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Nomination of Bridesmaids' luncheon for deletion[edit]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Bridesmaids' luncheon is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bridesmaids' luncheon until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Onel5969 (talk) 19:12, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]