{"id":3294,"date":"2026-07-29T01:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T21:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/the-union-drive-at-the-wikimedia-foundation-is-expanding\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T01:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T21:11:11","slug":"the-union-drive-at-the-wikimedia-foundation-is-expanding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/the-union-drive-at-the-wikimedia-foundation-is-expanding\/","title":{"rendered":"The union drive at the Wikimedia Foundation is expanding"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wikipedia logo on a grey background.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: The Verge\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/STK037_WIKIPEDIA_B.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In June, UK staff at the nonprofit that runs Wikipedia became the first to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/956237\/wikipedia-wikimedia-foundation-staff-unionization-volunteer-editor-strike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announce their intention to form a union<\/a>. Now, US-based employees at the Wikimedia Foundation are joining the union drive, but management at the nonprofit has declined to voluntarily recognize their union.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00ab\u00a0While the Wikimedia Foundation touts to the public that they plan to take a neutral stance in our organizing efforts, they have already proven that not to be the case behind the scenes,\u00a0\u00bb a press release sent by Communications Workers of America, with which Wiki Workers United is affiliated, <a href=\"https:\/\/cwa-union.org\/news\/releases\/wiki-workers-united-uscwa-will-file-nlrb-election-after-wikimedia-foundation-declines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reads in part<\/a>. \u00ab\u00a0When the Foundation rejected our request for voluntary rec \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/972182\/wikipedia-wikimedia-foundation-union-editor-strike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In June, UK staff at the nonprofit that runs Wikipedia became the first to announce their intention to form a 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