diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ include, add it in the description field.
| --- | --- | --- |
| date | True | While the date may seem trivial, collecting dates may be comlex for multi-day events such as pickets or online petitions. In this repo, we collect only the start date of the action in the format YYYY-MM-DD. |
| sources | True | The url(s) of reliable sources that has reported on this event. |
-| action | True | What was the form of the action that took place? |
-| struggles | True | The kind of struggle workers are standing up against. |
+| action | True | What was the form of the action that took place? (`union_drive`, `union_representation`, `open_letter`, `strike`, `protest`)|
+| struggles | True | The kind of struggle workers are standing up against. (`pay_and_benefits`, `working_conditions`, `unfair_labor_practices`, `job_security`, `ethics`, `discrimination`)|
| description | True | A short sentence describing the event where you can include information that isn't covered in the fields above. |
| locations | False | The location(s) of the action, or whether it was online. |
| companies | False | Which company are workers are standing up against? Some moments of worker power may not have an associated company. For example, online petitions or a protests against the president may consist of workers from an amalgamation of companies. In which case we can omit this field. |
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ tag in the README.
| action |
- Protest |
+ protest |
| struggles |
- Ethics |
+ ethics |
| worker |
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ tag in the README.
| tags |
- Protest was not tech worker centric. |
+ non_tech_centric |
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