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Wikimedia staff in the US have formed a trade union, but the foundation has refused to recognise it (mezha.ua)
submitted 2 days ago by wikipediasuckscoop@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] hanke@feddit.nu 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Should make for a spicy secion on wikipedias own history page, eh?

[–] SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not too spicy, but they at least acknowledge it.

On 27 July, WMF declined to voluntarily recognize the US union. WMF stated that the union would need to pursue a formal NLRB election procedure. 404 Media viewed the WMF's 27 July statement as using "very carefully-worded language common among companies and organizations that have fought against unionization".

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

[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I wonder just how much they're relying on Trump's NLRB to sweep it under the rug. I highly doubt they're doing this in good faith.

[–] incentive@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I might be mistaken, but aren't Wikipedia's origins in objectivism? It would make sense if so for the foundation to oppose a trade union (in no way am I saying they are in the right though).

[–] themoken@startrek.website 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Uh, what? The Ayn Rand garbage philosophy? I've never heard that and don't see how that jibes with a free, crowd sourced encyclopedia...

[–] incentive@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Jimmy Wales is an objectivist- he moderated online forums related to Ayn Rand before he started Nupedia and Wikipedia.

[–] nothingcorporate@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

An Ayn Rand acolyte begging for donations every other month then refusing to do right by his employees?

Yup sounds like the kind of hypocritical bullshit a so-called "objectivist" would do. SMDH

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah the founder is or was into that. Thus the idea that Wikipedia's editorial decisions could essentially be made by algorithms. I have some jokes about it but will spare you for now. The WMF itself is just another tech company with some nonprofit virtue vibes though. Expect a typical campaign.