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#WikimediaFoundation, which declares its respect for #WMF staff #unionisation rights, is being dragged kicking and screaming, even with a mediator involved, into recognising #WikiWorkersUnited #WWU UK:

* 24 June 2026 - #WWUUK requests voluntary recognition [1]
* 7 July 2026 - WMF refuses recognition; chooses slowest option [2]
* 6 Aug 2026 - WMF drags out mediation; @wwu UK initiates statutory recognition [3]

[1] https://wikiworkersunited.org/announcements/2026-06-24-uk-wikimedia-foundation-staff-seek-union-recognition

[2] https://wikiworkersunited.org/announcements/2026-07-17-uk-wikimedia-foundation-unionising-progress-update

[3] https://wikiworkersunited.org/announcements/2026-08-10-uk-wikimedia-foundation-staff-move-to-seek-statutory-recognition

Perseverance by #WikiWorkersUnited + community pressure on #WikiMediaFoundation are paying off. @wwu announced [1]:

* 11 Aug 2026: ballots to be sent to eligible #WMF US employees

* 3 Sep 2026: ballots to be counted at #NLRB office

#UnionBusting firm #LittlerMendelson [2] hired by #WMF is not defeated yet, but is newly (in)famous in French [3]+ Indonesian [4]. #StreisandEffect

[1] https://wikiworkersunited.org/announcements/2026-08-05-us-upcoming-nlrb-election

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littler_Mendelson

[3] https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Littler_Mendelson&oldid=238315309

[4] https://id.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Littler_Mendelson&oldid=29520308

@neriman

In #LittlerMendelson [1]'s own words:

"Littler Mendelson is prepared to assist you in regard to all the above union prevention tools ..." [2]

"If you would like information on our state of the art union avoidance training programs ..." [2]

Archive of the NLRB docket [3].

@wwu

hashtags: #WWU #WMF #UnionBusting #WikimediaFoundation #WikiWorkersUnited #Wikipedia

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littler_Mendelson

[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20260802062633/https://www.littler.com/news-analysis/asap/employee-free-choice-act-its-more-just-misleading-name

[3] https://web.archive.org/web/20260802095026/https://www.nlrb.gov/case/20-RC-391740

維基媒體基金會解散社群團隊　逾 700 名 Wikipedia 義工聯署準備罷工
維基媒體基金會 (Wikimedia Foundation) 在 10 日內先後解僱 MediaWiki 元老開發者 Brooke Vibber，並於 5 月 20 日宣佈解散 Community Tech 團隊，此舉令逾 700 名 Wikipedia 義工編輯隨即聯署聲明，準備就工會組織者 Wiki Workers United 的要求採取集體行動，包括考慮進行編輯罷工。
#城中熱話 #生活學習 #社交網絡 #Wiki Workers United
https://unwire.hk/2026/05/30/wikimedia-community-tech-layoffs-strike-threat/learning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wikimedia-community-tech-layoffs-strike-threat

維基媒體基金會解散社群團隊　逾 700 名 Wikipedia 義工聯署準備罷工
維基媒體基金會 (Wikimedia Foundation) 在 10 日內先後解僱 MediaWiki 元老開發者 Brooke Vibber，並於 5 月 20 日宣佈解散 Community Tech 團隊，此舉令逾 700 名 Wikipedia 義工編輯隨即聯署聲明，準備就工會組織者 Wiki Workers United 的要求採取集體行動，包括考慮進行編輯罷工。
#城中熱話 #生活學習 #社交網絡 #Wiki Workers United
https://unwire.hk/2026/05/30/wikimedia-community-tech-layoffs-strike-threat/learning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wikimedia-community-tech-layoffs-strike-threat

維基媒體基金會解散社群團隊　逾 700 名 Wikipedia 義工聯署準備罷工
維基媒體基金會 (Wikimedia Foundation) 在 10 日內先後解僱 MediaWiki 元老開發者 Brooke Vibber，並於 5 月 20 日宣佈解散 Community Tech 團隊，此舉令逾 700 名 Wikipedia 義工編輯隨即聯署聲明，準備就工會組織者 Wiki Workers United 的要求採取集體行動，包括考慮進行編輯罷工。
#城中熱話 #生活學習 #社交網絡 #Wiki Workers United
https://unwire.hk/2026/05/30/wikimedia-community-tech-layoffs-strike-threat/learning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wikimedia-community-tech-layoffs-strike-threat

維基媒體基金會解散社群團隊　逾 700 名 Wikipedia 義工聯署準備罷工
維基媒體基金會 (Wikimedia Foundation) 在 10 日內先後解僱 MediaWiki 元老開發者 Brooke Vibber，並於 5 月 20 日宣佈解散 Community Tech 團隊，此舉令逾 700 名 Wikipedia 義工編輯隨即聯署聲明，準備就工會組織者 Wiki Workers United 的要求採取集體行動，包括考慮進行編輯罷工。
#城中熱話 #生活學習 #社交網絡 #Wiki Workers United
https://unwire.hk/2026/05/30/wikimedia-community-tech-layoffs-strike-threat/learning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wikimedia-community-tech-layoffs-strike-threat

Was zum... ? @wikimediafoundation löst das TechTeam auf, das an Community-Software-Wünschen gearbeitet hat. Und deren Mitarbeiter werden entlassen. Einige davon waren gerade dabei, eine Gewerkschaft zu gründen. Was mit den Entlassungen angeblich nichts zu tun hat...

Weder die Auflösung des Teams noch der Anschein von Entlassungen im Zusammenhang mit einer Gewerkschaftsgründung hinterlassen einen guten Eindruck, was den weiteren Weg der #Wikimedia und deren Projekten angeht.

Projekt-Aktive können ihre Unterstützung für die Gewerkschaft unter https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Workers_United#Solidarity kundtun.

#WikimediaFoundation #WMF #Wikipedia #Unionbusting #Gewerkschaft #WikiWorkersUnited

The #WikiMediaFoundation #WMF has fired 6 employees (5 engineers + 1 manager); there is concern that this is #UnionBusting against #WikiWorkersUnited #WWU, the WMF employees' union.

[1] firing announcement ( #euphemism: "disbanding roles")
[2] en #Wikipedia discussion/petition
[3] meta.wikimedia discussion
[4] express support for WWU

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist#May_20%2c_2026:_Community_Tech_becomes_a_program

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28WMF%29#WMF_Community_Tech_team_has_been_disbanded%2c_engineers_laid_off

[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Wishlist#May_20_update

[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Workers_United#Solidarity