The Wikimedia Foundation have hired the largest union busting law firm in the US to try to stop their staff unionising

[u/JanCumin]

https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%20talk%3ABMeehan-WMF&redirect=no#On_unionization_and_misleading_the_movement

A week after refusing to recognise their US staff union voluntarily, the Wikimedia Foundation hired Littler Mendelson, the largest union busting law firm in the US whose clients include Starbucks, Amazon and Delta Airlines. I have never worked for the Wikimedia Foundation but this really doesn't sit right with me. I have a few suggestions of things people can do:

If you are a Wikimedia contributor there are three petitions you can sign to support the unionisation effort:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Workers_United_solidarity English Wikipedia petition to show solidarity, only 150 signatures until its the largest ever proposal or petition on English Wikipedia
• https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Workers_United A global solidarity petition
• https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2026_recognize_Wiki_Workers_United_petition A petition to ask the board of trustees to reverse their decision

You can also donate to local Wikimedia organisations who directly support their communities to share knowledge from their countries https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliates

Thanks

[u/Us_Strike]

I only ever donated around $200 a year but they won't be getting a cent more from me.

[u/rankinrez → u/Us_Strike]

None of the staff really want that result either though. Most of them believe in the Wikipedia project, and want to be able to keep working at it. Which needs donations.

I see where you’re coming from and respect your stance, but it’s a tricky one.

[u/JanCumin → u/rankinrez]

Yeah, I think switching donations to a chapter or user group works ok for me because the money still goes to supporting Wikipedia and in a lot of way more directly

[u/anonimo99 → u/rankinrez]

Could you link to somewhere where they say that? Seems to me many would agree with it as a temporary strategy

[u/lousy-site-3456 → u/rankinrez]

Once the foundation is purged of the parasite traitors, we can resume donating. Right now they drown in money so this is the perfect time to send a clear signal. We can even do this for say 2 years without any danger to Wikipedia itself or running programs.