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Miguel Afonso Caetano 🦾 🌹 @[email protected] · 2026-09-04 · 22:03 UTC

"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/

#Wikipedia #Unions #LaborUnions #LaborMovement #Wikmedia

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Miguel Afonso Caetano 🦾 🌹 @[email protected] · 2026-09-04 · 22:03 UTC

"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/

#Wikipedia #Unions #LaborUnions #LaborMovement #Wikmedia

#wikipedia #unions #laborunions #labormovement #wikmedia

Miguel Afonso Caetano 🦾 🌹 @[email protected] · 2026-09-04 · 22:03 UTC

"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/

#Wikipedia #Unions #LaborUnions #LaborMovement #Wikmedia

#wikmedia #labormovement #laborunions #unions #wikipedia

Miguel Afonso Caetano 🦾 🌹 @[email protected] · 2026-09-04 · 22:03 UTC

"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/

#Wikipedia #Unions #LaborUnions #LaborMovement #Wikmedia

#wikipedia #unions #laborunions #labormovement #wikmedia

Miguel Afonso Caetano 🦾 🌹 @[email protected] · 2026-09-04 · 22:03 UTC

"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/

#Wikipedia #Unions #LaborUnions #LaborMovement #Wikmedia

#wikipedia #unions #laborunions #labormovement #wikmedia

Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧 @[email protected] · 2026-04-18 · 13:51 UTC

Colorado #Slaughterhouse Workers Ratify New Contract
https://world-outlook.com/2026/04/18/colorado-meatpackers-ratify-new-contract/

from #WorldOutlook
April 17, 2026

On 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
@unions

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Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧 @[email protected] · 2026-04-18 · 13:50 UTC

#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
#immigrants #WorkersRights #UFCW

#colorado #meatpackers #strike #worldoutlook #workers #union

Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧 @[email protected] · 2025-08-08 · 01:43 UTC

'Blatant Attempt to Bust Our Unions': Trump Admin Moves to Gut Labor Protections at VA

"This administration wants to break the spirit of working people in this country, but we will not be broken," said #NationalNursesUnited.

from #CommonDreams
Julia Conley
Aug 07, 2025

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins notified the American Federation of Government Employees (#AFGE) and several other unions that he was implementing an executive order signed by President Donald #Trump, which required the termination of collective bargaining agreements for agencies whose missions are related to national security.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-afge

#WorkersRights #Workers #Unions #Labor #LaborMovement #LaborUnions #USA #US #VA #USPolitics #sindicatos #VeteransAdministration
#press #news #politics #USPolitics #healthcare #medical