Partnership management at the Wikimedia Foundation is growing

In June, UK staff at the non-profit organization that runs Wikipedia became the first announcing their intention to establish a partnership. Now, US workers at the Wikimedia Foundation have joined the union, but the non-profit organization’s management has deliberately refused to recognize their union.

“Although the Wikimedia Foundation encourages the public that they plan to be neutral in our planning, they have already confirmed that this is not the case,” a press release was sent by the Communications Workers of America, which Wiki Workers United is affiliated with. he reads a little. “After the foundation declined our request for anonymity this week, it immediately sent to staff and public officials a series of sarcastic, dubious statements issued by anti-union law firms.

In public speaking, the foundation he said he believes a private election by the NLRB is the “right way forward.”

The coalition efforts come at a time when tensions are high between the foundation and the thousands of unpaid volunteers who edit, write, and maintain Wikipedia. In May, hundreds of Wikipedia editors threatened to go on strike after the foundation dissolved a team of engineers who worked together with volunteers. Some volunteers questioned whether the removal was related to the union’s efforts, which the foundation denied.