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Wikimedia Will Not Voluntarily Recognize Union a Supermajority of Its Workers Want (www.404media.co)
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[–] antonim@lemmy.world 31 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

“We have heard a range of views from staff, including concerns from those who have felt pressured to support union efforts and those who are confused by the unionization process,” the foundation added in a frequently asked questions section. “We have also seen a misunderstanding around what the union can do for global staff and Wikimedia movement communities.”

LMAO, fuck off with this bullshit. I noticed WMF spokepersons love this vocabulary, everyone except for them is "confused", if you disagree with WMF's actions it's just a "misunderstanding".

[–] khepri@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

Oh that is just standard copy straight out of the union-busting playbook. In law you would call it "preserving the objection" which basically means they know it's BS but at least if they don't back down from it they can burn more time and money because now the process has to accommodate for all this "pressure" "confusion" and "misunderstanding" that po' 'ol liddle Wikimedia just can't make sense of.