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Wiki Workers United
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We are a global solidarity union for the staff of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Site: https://wikiworkersunited.org

Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Workers_United

Fediverse presence: https://social.wikiworkersunited.org/@wwu
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This US Labor Day, we're celebrating our NLRB election landslide win✊️ We're proud of this milestone and our strong union. Excited for what's next as we work to make WMF the best workplace it can be across our global workforce.
Chaotic Enby's full quote [1], one of 2,000 volunteers who stood with us:
September 8, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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Check out WWU’s official press release on the WWU-US win ✊️
wikiworkersunited.org/announcement...

What made this possible: worker organizing, global solidarity, and extraordinary support from 2,000+ Wikimedia volunteers. Thank you to everyone involved. This win belongs to all of us!
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Wikimedia Foundation Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form Union with CWA
U.S. workers form first recognized unit as global union movement builds across Wikimedia Foundation
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September 5, 2026 at 7:05 AM
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Check out this great WIRED coverage: www.wired.com/story/wikipe...

WMF US workers voted 158–14 to unionize. This was never primarily about pay or benefits, it was about having a seat at the table.

Proud of what workers built. Ready for what's next, including standing with our UK siblings. 🌍
Wikipedia Workers Unionize for the First Time
More than 200 people in roles such as engineering, finance, and communications will now be represented by the Communications Workers of America.
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September 4, 2026 at 2:07 AM
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WE DID IT ✊ WMF US workers voted 158 YES to 14 NO: 91.9% of ballots cast, with 81% turnout. We could not have done it without the solidarity of Wikimedia volunteers. We stand with our UK siblings in their recognition process now and with future organizing efforts across WMF's 🌍 workforce
September 4, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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“Even if every single staff member were currently being treated fairly and well by their management chain, the formation of the union is to ensure that things can stay that way even when new managers are hired or promoted, and as the tech industry changes rapidly around us.” -WMF worker
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September 3, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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“I dream of a global union of Wikimedia workers that includes every country in which we are. A global union would be analogous to the growth of the editing communities and of Wikipedia itself these past 25 years: collective action on a global scale, to the benefit of all.” - WMF worker

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September 2, 2026 at 2:50 AM
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It’s September 1: the start of Labor Month!
Volunteers launched a creative and deeply Wikimedian way to stand in solidarity with WWU and workers organizing: a month-long campaign to create, translate, and improve Wikipedia articles about organized labor and workers’ rights. ✊🌍🙏Thank you! w.wiki/Tu5r
Wikipedia:WikiProject Organized Labour/2026 Online Campaign - Wikipedia
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September 1, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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“As a former Foundation employee and volunteer editor I stand in solidarity with all the workers who have contributed to our movement.” - Steven Walling
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See the whole campaign: www.unionneeded.com
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September 1, 2026 at 2:38 AM
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“Today is my twenty year wikiversary. WMF has pissed off the community plenty of times, but this is different. This goes to the soul of the project.” -- swpb

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August 31, 2026 at 3:35 AM
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“A good employer has nothing to fear from unions.” - PamD

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August 29, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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“In less than two weeks I will have been an editor for 22 years. This project works because we all work, and especially because a small group of paid workers help make it work for everyone else. They deserve better than this, much better. In solidarity.” – Jessamyn

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August 28, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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“I’ve been editing Wikipedia [...], and it has felt so fulfilling to be able to contribute to a project which stands for freedom of information and expression… Editing Wikipedia means holding it accountable, and signing this petition means holding Wikimedia accountable…” - Grettoonist
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August 28, 2026 at 3:21 AM
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“Come all of you good workers, good news to you I'll tell, of how the good ol' union, has come in here to dwell. Which side are you on?” -- ArtemisiaGentileschiFan

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August 26, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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“Wikipedia is the most important website in the world. [...] Wikimedia staff are crucial for keeping Wikipedia alive and operational. They also need support and protection. A very basic aspect of that is forming a labor union.” - Lars Wirzenius, Former WMF staff and free software developer
August 25, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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“We need greater input into decision making at the WMF. Please WMF do not waste time and money and simply recognize the union.” -- Doc James

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August 25, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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“We are global. We are together. We are the voice of WMF workers in the movement.”

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August 24, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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“We are Wiki Workers United, we will fight, and we will be heard.”

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August 24, 2026 at 1:09 AM
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“Spending donor funds to fight worker unionization does not advance our mission of bringing the world's knowledge to all people, the mission I've spent years working at the Foundation to pursue.”

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See the whole campaign: www.unionneeded.com
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August 21, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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“The union is about protecting all of my coworkers, some of whom might not be as lucky as I have been with their team placements and roles. [...] solidarity with them so that we can really focus our energy on building the best product for the movement that we can!”

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August 20, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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"We are truly in this mission together only if every single one of us is properly represented and protected." – Wikimedia worker, name withheld

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August 19, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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“Everywhere and specially at Wikimedia, it makes absolute sense to give workers the right to organize to defend their interests and further the relationship with their employers in the benefit of all.” – WMF worker, name withheld

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August 18, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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Are you a Wikimedia Foundation worker based in the US and eligible to vote in the ongoing NLRB election?

Check your mailbox! Ballots should be arriving any day now, if they haven't reached you already.
August 17, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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“We're all here to serve the Wikimedia community. I want us all to be able to focus on that work, without fear, together.” – Wikimedia worker, name withheld

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See the whole campaign: www.unionneeded.com
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August 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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“Forever stand with those who uphold the wiki” — TNM101

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August 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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“We, [WMF] workers, have agency, passion, and dedication to the mission. We should have power as well, so that we and management may collaborate as equal partners. Only as equals can we establish relationships of trust and fairness between us.” – Wikimedia worker, name withheld

[1] http.cat/451
Worker Statement [016]. Recognition Timeline: Day 20 since WMF declined voluntary recognition on July 27, 2026. “We, the Wikimedia Foundation workers, have agency, passion, and dedication to the mission. We should have power as well, so that we and management may collaborate as equal partners. Only as equals can we establish relationships of trust and fairness between us.” – Wikimedia worker, name withheld Reference: [1] Worker statement, July 27, 2026. Direct worker testimony submitted to WWU. Footer: Wiki Workers United/CWA. [union needed]. Solidarity Forever. Healthy Institutions Share Power.
August 17, 2026 at 3:39 AM