• SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today
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      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

      • Default Username@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        I wonder just how much they’re relying on Trump’s NLRB to sweep it under the rug. I highly doubt they’re doing this in good faith.

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

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          An Ayn Rand acolyte begging for donations every other month then refusing to do right by his employees?

          Yup sounds like the kind of hypocritical bullshit a so-called “objectivist” would do. SMDH