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Wikipedia workers in Britain are seeking union recognition for the first time globally, requesting representation by the United Tech and Allied Workers section of the Communication Workers Union.
UK-based staff at the Wikimedia Foundation are seeking voluntary union recognition from management, citing concerns over transparency and direction after recent tensions including the disbanding of a key team.
Workers at the Wikimedia Foundation in the UK are seeking union recognition through the United Tech and Allied Workers, marking a global first for Wikipedia employees.
mirrors.wikimedia.org will be shut down on May 15, primarily affecting users who manually configured it for Debian/Ubuntu APT; most users can switch to alternative mirrors.
The article reports that the Wikimedia Foundation fired the longtime lead developer of MediaWiki and disbanded the Community Tech team, both actions targeting union organizers, prompting Wikipedia editors to threaten a strike in solidarity while the Foundation holds substantial financial reserves.