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This is extraordinary: #SafeguardGlobal, which technically employs #WikimediaFoundation employees in the UK on behalf of #WMF, has requested, *after* the 20-day negotiation period, to exclude WMF UK managers from the bargaining unit.

In other words, #SG on behalf of #WMF *managers*, wants to exclude WMF UK *managers* from being protected by #WikiWorkersUnitedUK. The justification is to lower from UK to US standards [1].

#WWUUK is standing firm :) [1].

#WWU @wwu

[1] https://wikiworkersunited.org/announcements/2026-08-14-uk-important-clarification-and-context-on-uk-unionisation-process

If you agree with that #WikimediaFoundation worker, and you haven't yet signed the #WWU support statement, then consider signing it [1]. AFAIK, there has still been no apology by the #WMF executive for the abrupt May 2026 lay-offs of #WMF staff [2]. It's probably fair to summarise WMF executive statements about the lay-offs in this worker's words: "we (WMF) consider the abrupt lay-offs as the appropriate use of management tools".

@wwu

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Workers_United/Solidarity_Signatures

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation#Community_tech_team_disbanding

Lasst bloß die Finger von #wmf ey

Absoluter Scheiss deren Dampfdruckkochtopf.

#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 @wwu

There is now an on-wiki call for #WikimediaFoundation #CEO #BernadetteMeehan and #WMF Chief People Officer #CourtneyBassSherizen to resign because of their managerial responsibility in hiring a #UnionBusting firm in opposition to the interests of WMF employees and in opposition to the #Wikimedia mission and values [4].

@fulelo @winnipegfreepress @heartlandnewsfeed @chrisgeidner @scottmstedman @theintercept

[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:BMeehan-WMF#On_unionization_and_misleading_the_movement

@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

#JimboWales, co-founder of #Wikipedia, tries to convince the community that, as a member of the #WMF #BoardOfTrustees, he's not participating in #UnionBusting and he's not insulting #WMF employees [1].

Read the discussion and decide for yourself.

cc: @wwu

#WWU #NPOV

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#Petition_to_BoT

@anne_twain

Active Wikipedians can sign willingness to do an editorial strike [1], if requested to by WWU.

There's also a petition (effectively) requesting the #WMF Board of Trustees to instruct the CEO to voluntarily recognise #WWU [2], and a more generic solidarity with @wwu petition at [3].

@josephcox

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Workers_United_solidarity

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2026_recognize_Wiki_Workers_United_petition

[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Workers_United#External_links

#WikimediaFoundation had a deadline of 24 July 2026 to voluntarily recognise #WikiWorkersUnitedUS [1], the newly created union of #WMF employees in the US.

On 27 July, WMF replied "No!" [2], with "an incredibly disappointing statement" and an FAQ that "might as well have been pulled directly from a UnionBusting 101 handbook" [3] and "reek[s] of #UnionBusting disinformation" [3], per community analysis.

@wwu

[1] https://wikiworkersunited.org/announcements/2026-07-20-us-demands-voluntary-recognition

[2] https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2026/07/27/statement-cwa-recognition-request

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28WMF%29#Recent_questions_about_the_Foundation_and_US_unionization_request

I missed this earlier: the former #WMF employee rejected 27 kUSD of #HushMoney that attempted to buy his/her silence:

"I was offered a severance pay of $26,845.52, conditional on my not making disparaging statements about WMF. I turned it down, because I have something to say. That’s the purpose of this blog." [5]

Discussion has opened on #JimboWales' Wikipedia talk page [6].

[5] https://wikifired.org/intro

[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#You're_mentioned_elsewhere_and_it's_not_a_good_look

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"After I stated my concerns about the unethical conduct to my manager, I faced retaliation and was ultimately fired, which involved more problematic conduct by #WMF management and HR. ... I reached out to many of my colleagues at WMF and learned of many other instances of potentially problematic conduct by WMF management and HR. ... [this is] widespread, and [there’s] apparently no accountability for it." [1]

#WikiFired

1/4 Former #WikimediaFoundation employee publishes testimony about unethical behaviour by #WMF manager [1]:

* "Manipulation of the #Wikimedia movement community
* Disparagement of a community member
* Suppressing community criticism
* Suppressing dissent
* Undermining WMF's relationship with the Wikimedia movement community
* Abuse of power
* Undermining the workplace culture at WMF
* Avoiding accountability
* Incompetence
* Potential financial waste"

#Mobbing

[1] https://wikifired.org/2026/07/20/unethical-conduct

Throwing down the gauntlet! #WikiWorkersUnitedUS has today given #WikimediaFoundation #WMF four days, to 24 July 2026, to "respond to [WWU-US]'s request for voluntary recognition" as a trade union for Wikimedia US workers [1][2].

"Recent events at WMF have drastically escalated worker concerns regarding transparency, trust, the organization's future, and leadership's commitment to the free knowledge movement." [1][2]

@wwu #WWU #WWUUS

[1] https://wikiworkersunited.org/announcements/2026-07-20-us-demands-voluntary-recognition

[2] https://cwa-union.org/news/releases/wiki-workers-united-us-branch-demands-voluntary-recognition-wikimedia-foundation

@HannahClover @JakeOrlowitz Request for more institutional support (and Neutrality article) posted here: https://www.reddit.com/r/labor/comments/1u98hqu/wiki_workers_unitedinstitutions_institutions_so/ @MarkDilley #Wikipedia #Mediawiki #WMF #labor #unions

@HannahClover @JakeOrlowitz I just saw this, about upcoming June 27 & 28 cafés. I'm already promoting other things this month, easy enough to add these to my existing efforts, especially where they align. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:BMeehan-WMF#June_2026_Wikimedia_Caf%C3%A9_meetups_regarding_the_English_Wikipedia_Editor_Reflections_project #Wikipedia #Mediawiki #WMF

RE: https://mastodon.social/@slowenough/116745377659651751

Quote-boosting for Jake's article and this whole thread. Tagging some folks who I know care about Wikipedia and are, or are not yet following this. Please chime in if you are so moved, and/or share forward to others! @claudinec @MarkDilley @HannahClover @selenamarie @PeteForsyth @JakeOrlowitz @j3rry @lizzard @k9ox #Wikipedia #wiki #commons #community #labor #unions #Mediawiki #WMF

"If [WikiMedia Foundation] breaks the union, or just lets the firings stand and waits for the news cycle to drift, the signal sent to every other mission-driven tech organization is that values rhetoric is decoupled from values practice. Every nonprofit pulling in donations on language about community, transparency, and equity gets permission to keep that language on the website while the staff handbook reads like Amazon’s."

@JakeOrlowitz, 2026

https://medium.com/@jakeorlowitz/wikipedia-is-doing-the-capitalist-thing-56a393232943

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#Wikipedia #WMF

If you haven't already, please sign the letter of support for the Wiki Workers Union.

#WMF #Wikimedia #Wikipedia #WWU

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Workers_United_solidarity

It's going to be an unusual #BrookeVibberDay this year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Brooke_Vibber_Day

#WMF #Wikimedia #Wikipedia

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

https://blog.gslin.org/archives/2026/03/07/12920/%e6%98%a8%e5%a4%a9%e7%b6%ad%e5%9f%ba%e7%99%be%e7%a7%91%e5%9b%a0%e7%82%ba%e7%ae%a1%e7%90%86%e8%80%85%e5%b8%b3%e8%99%9f%e8%a2%ab%e6%89%93%e7%a9%bf%e8%80%8c%e9%80%b2%e5%85%a5%e5%94%af%e8%ae%80%e6%a8%a1/

昨天維基百科因為管理者帳號被打穿而進入唯讀模式

#account #admin #engineer #foundation #incident #malicious #mode #only #permission #privileged #read #readonly #ru #russia #script #security #staff #test #user #wiki #wikimedia #wikipedia #wmf

New Wikimedia Foundation CEO announced, Bernadette Meehan: https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/12/09/wikimedia-foundation-appoints-bernadette-meehan-as-chief-executive-officer/

#WMF #wikimedia

Ich schmeiss nu mal meinen #Kaffeevollautomat an. Die alte #WMF 1000S pro macht einfach einen tollen #Kaffee für einen #Vollautomaten.

Wann hattest du zum letzten Mal deinen Automaten zu #Service und #Wartung???

Ist wie beim Auto, regelmäßig wäre wichtig, nur das beim Auto, das, was raus kommt, niemand trinkt. 😏

Im Raum #Schweinfurt, #Hassfurt und #Bamberg hätte ich da ein Angebot für Dich 👇

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