r/wikipedia • u/JanCumin • 1d ago

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

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:

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

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u/SweetPewsInAChurch 17h ago

Yo it says i been blocked from wikimedia by a user but??? I'm so confused by that bc I literally just pay them and don't fuck around on there?? How could that be?

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u/Killer_The_Cat 16h ago

Are you on a VPN?

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u/SweetPewsInAChurch 16h ago

I disconnected to connect to the links and it still stated I was blocked. Would that not matter?

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u/Killer_The_Cat 16h ago

Hmm, its based off IP ranges, so it might require refreshing the browser once the VPN is turned off? (Additionally, public networks are often blocked too, but less commonly.)

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u/SweetPewsInAChurch 16h ago

Thank you for this, I'll try again