Huge congratulations to the US-based Wikimedia Foundation employees who voted with 92% support in favor of unionizing, and shoutout to the tireless work of the organizers.
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love this news!!!
@molly0xfff I'm both happy and sad at this news. Happy because the union got recognized. Sad because this implies leadership failed or screwed up enough to warrant a union
While this was a success for the organizers and employees, the Wikimedia Foundation made the process more challenging than it needed to be, and operated with a disappointing lack of transparency. They have much to do to repair trust, in my view.
Do you consider a boycott or fork of Wikipedia still in order as a pressure move?
@molly0xfff Thanks for your support in (*gestures wildly*) all this. Having so many people show their support for us has really been amazing. I always believed that Wikimedians would side with our union, but when it really happened it was more emotionally impactful than I had expected. I don’t know if any other collection of workers will ever have the leverage that y’all are lending us, and I hope we can wield it responsibly to repay your trust.
@bd808 
we've got your back
