#labormovement — Public Fediverse posts
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"More than 200 staffers at the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit behind the encyclopedia Wikipedia, have voted 158-14 to join the Communications Workers of America labor union. The US National Labor Relations Board counted ballots on Thursday.
Three Wikimedia employees tell WIRED they will now have a mechanism to challenge management as the organization faces growing competition from AI chatbots and a drop in volunteer editors. The 25-year-old, San Francisco-based foundation employs nearly 700 people across 39 countries, most of them working remotely. The contingent joining the union includes employees in functions such as software engineering, finance, and communications.
Lauren de Lench, who has been a lead technical program manager at the Wikimedia Foundation since 2021, says she voted to unionize because she had seen too many colleagues decline to speak up during internal meetings out of fear of retaliation for raising issues or proposing far-out ideas."
https://www.wired.com/story/wikipedia-workers-vote-on-whether-to-unionize/
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"More than 200 staffers at the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit behind the encyclopedia Wikipedia, have voted 158-14 to join the Communications Workers of America labor union. The US National Labor Relations Board counted ballots on Thursday.
Three Wikimedia employees tell WIRED they will now have a mechanism to challenge management as the organization faces growing competition from AI chatbots and a drop in volunteer editors. The 25-year-old, San Francisco-based foundation employs nearly 700 people across 39 countries, most of them working remotely. The contingent joining the union includes employees in functions such as software engineering, finance, and communications.
Lauren de Lench, who has been a lead technical program manager at the Wikimedia Foundation since 2021, says she voted to unionize because she had seen too many colleagues decline to speak up during internal meetings out of fear of retaliation for raising issues or proposing far-out ideas."
https://www.wired.com/story/wikipedia-workers-vote-on-whether-to-unionize/
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"More than 200 staffers at the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit behind the encyclopedia Wikipedia, have voted 158-14 to join the Communications Workers of America labor union. The US National Labor Relations Board counted ballots on Thursday.
Three Wikimedia employees tell WIRED they will now have a mechanism to challenge management as the organization faces growing competition from AI chatbots and a drop in volunteer editors. The 25-year-old, San Francisco-based foundation employs nearly 700 people across 39 countries, most of them working remotely. The contingent joining the union includes employees in functions such as software engineering, finance, and communications.
Lauren de Lench, who has been a lead technical program manager at the Wikimedia Foundation since 2021, says she voted to unionize because she had seen too many colleagues decline to speak up during internal meetings out of fear of retaliation for raising issues or proposing far-out ideas."
https://www.wired.com/story/wikipedia-workers-vote-on-whether-to-unionize/
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"More than 200 staffers at the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit behind the encyclopedia Wikipedia, have voted 158-14 to join the Communications Workers of America labor union. The US National Labor Relations Board counted ballots on Thursday.
Three Wikimedia employees tell WIRED they will now have a mechanism to challenge management as the organization faces growing competition from AI chatbots and a drop in volunteer editors. The 25-year-old, San Francisco-based foundation employs nearly 700 people across 39 countries, most of them working remotely. The contingent joining the union includes employees in functions such as software engineering, finance, and communications.
Lauren de Lench, who has been a lead technical program manager at the Wikimedia Foundation since 2021, says she voted to unionize because she had seen too many colleagues decline to speak up during internal meetings out of fear of retaliation for raising issues or proposing far-out ideas."
https://www.wired.com/story/wikipedia-workers-vote-on-whether-to-unionize/
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"More than 200 staffers at the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit behind the encyclopedia Wikipedia, have voted 158-14 to join the Communications Workers of America labor union. The US National Labor Relations Board counted ballots on Thursday.
Three Wikimedia employees tell WIRED they will now have a mechanism to challenge management as the organization faces growing competition from AI chatbots and a drop in volunteer editors. The 25-year-old, San Francisco-based foundation employs nearly 700 people across 39 countries, most of them working remotely. The contingent joining the union includes employees in functions such as software engineering, finance, and communications.
Lauren de Lench, who has been a lead technical program manager at the Wikimedia Foundation since 2021, says she voted to unionize because she had seen too many colleagues decline to speak up during internal meetings out of fear of retaliation for raising issues or proposing far-out ideas."
https://www.wired.com/story/wikipedia-workers-vote-on-whether-to-unionize/
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Colorado #Slaughterhouse Workers Ratify New Contract
https://world-outlook.com/2026/04/18/colorado-meatpackers-ratify-new-contract/from #WorldOutlook
April 17, 2026On April 12, 2026, members of United Food and Commercial #Workers (#UFCW) Local 7 ratified a new agreement with the JBS Swift beef processing plant in Greeley, #Colorado. A #union press release announcing the vote — with 93% in favor — said the contract contained "all gains, countless improvements, and not a single concession."
"This ... is a testament to the incredible resolve of our members," said Local 7 president Kim Cordova. "These workers stood together on the picket line for three weeks, through extreme weather, because they knew their worth and refused to be disrespected."
#news #politics #USpol #labor #LaborMovement
#immigrants #WorkersRights
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#Colorado #Meatpackers End #Strike, Will Return to Work
https://world-outlook.com/2026/04/06/colorado-meatpackers-end-strike-will-return-to-work/from #WorldOutlook
April 6, 2026“The company walked away,” Cordova told the crowd of more than 800 #workers from the day shift picket lines. “They believed that you would not walk out on strike.”
But of the 3,800 workers in the plant represented by the #union, 94% did walk on March 16, marking the first major packinghouse strike in 40 years.[1]
The workers’ action had an impact, according to the union. About 60% of the cattle earmarked for JBS went to competitors as the company tried to operate with the remaining hourly workforce and supervisors.
“The problem is the way we are being treated,” Hector Vargas told World-Outlook before the April 3 union meeting at the parking lot. “To keep up with work means taking a beating. And you cannot go to the bathroom. They make you wait a long time — if they let you go.”
#news #politics #USpol #labor #LaborMovement
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Canada, British Columbia: Victoria
over 500 #Uber drivers unionized with United Food and Commercial Workers #UFCW local 1518 .Delta #Amazon workers unionized with #Unifor Local 114 the third Amazon site in North America, and the second in Canada, to #Unionize
https://pressprogress.ca/british-columbia-labour-laws-help-gig-workers-unionize/
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February 2025 Skirmish https://www.labornotes.org/2025/02/first-skirmish-ten-thousand-grocery-workers-strike-kroger
Essential Workers For Democracy
https://www.ew4d.org/blog/solidarity-pledgeUFCW Local 7 vs KS
https://www.ufcw7.org/l7press/king-soopers-files-frivolous-lawsuit-in-attempt-to-silence-workers-voices-during-strikeColorado
https://www.grocerydive.com/news/kroger-albertsons-colorado-attorney-general-merger/735393/#frombelow #groceryworkers #labormovement #organize #rankandfile #solidarity #Unions #strikes #Teamsters
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How #Philly #WholeFoods Workers Beat #Bezos
"People need hope and the best place to find it is in your coworkers"
from #LaborPolitics
Eric Blanc
Feb 03, 2025https://www.laborpolitics.com/p/how-philly-whole-foods-workers-beat?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
#WorkersRights #Workers #Unions #Labor #LaborMovement #LaborUnions #USA #US #USPolitics #sindicatos
#UnitedFoodAndCommercialWorkers #UFCW #Philadelphia #PhillyWholeFoodsUnion
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Our rights at work are not, and have never been, just handed to us. They've been hard fought and won through collective industrial #directaction and on the #picketline.
#Solidarity with rail and #transportworkers keep fit & exercise your right to strike 💪🏽
Sydney train industrial action resumes.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-07/sydney-trains-industrial-action-to-resume-january-15-unions/104790046#labormovement #organize #railwayworkers #unions #RTBU
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#BlackFriday #MakeAmazonPay #strikes took place in 20 countries even where #Amazon is not an employer by National Garment Workers Federation and the National Shop and Retail Workers Federation in #Bangladesh. Workers held demos in 10 cities where Amazon sources clothing and has recently moved into retail. (Photo: #NGWF)
https://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/newsquery2.pl?searchtext=Amazon&number=1000&language=en&Go=Go
#labormovement #LabourStart #warehouseworkers #distributionworkers #transportworkers
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November 22 2024
#WholeFoodsWorkersUnited declare: #Unionize with the United Food and Commercial Workers International #Union (#UFCW) Local 1776
https://inthesetimes.com/article/whole-foods-union-philadelphia -
@collettivofabbricagkn former automotive factory;
workers & community produce #cargobikes and #solarpanels.
The workers unpaid for ten months ask for support of #workerscooperative.#ecologicaltransition through #directdemocracy, inside every factory.
https://linktr.ee/collettivodifabbrica
REEL News (video about Occupation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI_RyEOG_K0Nowtopia (video about GKN)
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New York Amazon delivery drivers join Teamsters
https://labornotes.org/2024/09/new-york-amazon-delivery-drivers-join-teamsters-surge-momentum#Amazon #deliverydrivers #transportworkers #warehouseworkers #organize #Teamsters #Union
#labormovement #Queens #NYC