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Wikimedia Foundation refuses voluntary union recognition, hires union-busting law firm (en.wikipedia.org)
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[โ€“] urushitan@kakera.kintsugi.moe 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

In the late 2010s and early 2020s, Jones Day represented several companies in legal proceedings against labor unions, including unions for employees of The Boston Globe in 2018[17] and Slate[18] and Politics and Prose in 2021.[19]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones_Day#Legal_actions_against_unions

Littler has been widely described as a union busting firm, and is the largest union avoidance firm in the US. It has counseled and defended companies including Starbucks, Amazon, Nissan, and Delta Air Lines against employees trying to unionize.[5] In 2002, it was hired by Apple Inc. in opposition to Apple's workers, giving advice to store managers to tell employees that unionizing would lead to worse working conditions: less promotions and inflexible hours.[16] In 2007, Littler stated that it provided services to help with "union prevention tools" and provided "state of the art union avoidance training programs".[6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littler_Mendelson

[โ€“] Tower@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago

Delta Airlines

Wonder if they came up with the "instead of paying union dues, wouldn't you rather play video games ๐ŸŽฎ" posters

[โ€“] lucullus@discuss.tchncs.de -2 points 3 days ago

I was speaking of union bustion actions in WMF. I already know about these law firms