Purpose change

{{Infobox Union}} — An infobox for use with Trade unions - Local, head, national, and federation.


Usage change

Required fields change

{{Infobox Union
| name =              (Common abbriviation - eg. CAW or TUC)
}}

Optional fields change

| country =           (name of country/countries of operation. Or "International")
| affiliation =       (name of next highest national or international affiliation. Or "Independent")
| members =           (number of members - include date, eg. 85,000 (2006))
| full_name =         (official name, in English)
| native_name =       (name in native language)
| image =             (full image link)
| founded =           (date of establishment/founding)
| current =           (date of current affiliation)
  | dissolved_date =  (date dissolved or "merged into") – mutually exclusive of "Current affiliation date"
  | dissolved_state = ("Incorporated into", "Merged into"(default))
  | merged_into =     (Article name of union merged into)
| head =              (local union only - article name of head union)
| office =            (primary office location)
| people =            (key people)
| website =           (website address)
| footnotes =         (footnotes related to the data in the infobox)

Empty syntax change

{{Infobox Union
| name = 
| country = 
| affiliation = 
| members = 
| full_name =  
| native_name = 
| image =    
| founded = 
| current = 
| head = 
| dissolved_date = 
| dissolved_state = 
| merged_into = 
| office = 
| people = 
| website = 
| footnotes = 
}}
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Microformat change

The HTML mark-up produced by this template includes an hCard microformat that makes an organization's details readily parsable by computer programs. This aids tasks such as the cataloguing of articles and maintenance of databases. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please visit the Microformat WikiProject on English Wikipedia.

Subtemplates

Please do not remove instances of these subtemplates.

Classes used

The HTML classes of this microformat include:

  • adr
  • agent
  • category
  • country-name
  • extended-address
  • fn
  • geo
  • label
  • latitude
  • locality
  • longitude
  • nickname
  • note
  • org
  • region
  • street-address
  • url
  • vcard
Please do not rename or remove these classes
nor collapse nested elements which use them.

Example change

Code Result
{{Infobox Union
| name = Solidarity
| members = 1.185.000 (2006)<sup>[1]</sup>
| full_name = Independent Self-governing Trade Union - Solidarity    
| native_name = Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy "Solidarność"
| image = [[Image:Example.png]]    
| founded = September, [[1980]]
| country = [[Poland]]
| affiliation = [[ICFTU]], [[WCL]], [[ETUC]], [[TUAC]]
| website = [http://www.solidarnosc.org.pl www.solidarnosc.org.pl ]
| footnotes = [http://www.solidarnosc.org.pl/english/about/eng_about_04.htm 1]
}}

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Include all unused fields within "commented out" section for future use. 
See {{template:Infobox Union}} for usage.

| current = 
| head = 
| dissolved_date = 
| dissolved_state = Merged into
| merged_into = 
| office = 
| people =    -->
Solidarity
Independent Self-governing Trade Union - Solidarity
Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy "Solidarność"
FoundedSeptember, 1980
Members1.185.000 (2006)[1]
CountryPoland
AffiliationICFTU, WCL, ETUC, TUAC
Websitesolidarnosc.org.pl
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