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Wikimedia staff in the US have formed a trade union, but the foundation has refused to recognise it (mezha.ua)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 31 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Should make for a spicy secion on wikipedias own history page, eh?

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  • [–] 28 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Not too spicy, but they at least acknowledge it.

    On 27 July, WMF declined to voluntarily recognize the US union. WMF stated that the union would need to pursue a formal NLRB election procedure. 404 Media viewed the WMF's 27 July statement as using "very carefully-worded language common among companies and organizations that have fought against unionization".

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_and_unions

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    • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    I might be mistaken, but aren't Wikipedia's origins in objectivism? It would make sense if so for the foundation to oppose a trade union (in no way am I saying they are in the right though).

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Uh, what? The Ayn Rand garbage philosophy? I've never heard that and don't see how that jibes with a free, crowd sourced encyclopedia...

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Jimmy Wales is an objectivist- he moderated online forums related to Ayn Rand before he started Nupedia and Wikipedia.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago*

    Yeah the founder is or was into that. Thus the idea that Wikipedia's editorial decisions could essentially be made by algorithms. I have some jokes about it but will spare you for now. The WMF itself is just another tech company with some nonprofit virtue vibes though. Expect a typical campaign.

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