Brooke Vibber
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Nerd / cat lady / MediaWiki dev / Flight Simulator and Flight Simulator accessories I'm not here much; more active on fedi/mastodon via https://bikeshed.vibber.net/@brooke
Fresh off the presses from @wikiworkersunited.org NLRB election dates for Wikimedia Foundation's US staff unionization are set: * ballots to be mailed August 11 * count on September 3 wikiworkersunited.org/announcement...
Wiki Workers United (WWU-US) statement on the upcoming NLRB union elections in the U.S.
Wikimedia Foundation staff employed in the United States announcing an NLRB election date.
wikiworkersunited.org
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"The second most advanced piece of technology I want is a society that gives a damn." sightlessscribbles.com/disability-d...
The "Disability Dongle": Why Silicon Valley Hates Me and you., Sightless Scribbles
A fabulously gay blind author.
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“I support this effort. We need a better balance of power.” - Gjb0zWxOb, Wikipedia volunteer [1] w.wiki/TAg6
![Community Citation [008].
“I support this effort. We need a better balance of power.” - Gjb0zWxOb, Wikipedia volunteer
Reference: [1] Public statement, Wiki Workers United EN.WP Solidarity Petition, June 15, 2026. Public source.
Footer: Wiki Workers United/CWA. [union needed]. Solidarity Forever. Healthy Institutions Share Power.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jdon7en5yfbilvavbzgm2mh6/bafkreidk2l3rmfyok4pbf7czudk6rauxjcg4vr7rk7nvzefmgkg7ydcz6u)
“I stand with WWU because *all* WMF staff - regardless of their role, level, or tenure in the Wikimedia movement - deserve a healthy and psychologically safe environment to do their best work, learn, and grow. #inthismissiontogether” – Wikimedia worker, name withheld [1] http.cat/451
![Worker Statement [005]. Recognition Timeline: Day 09 since WMF declined voluntary recognition on July 28, 2026.
“I stand with WWU because *all* WMF staff - regardless of their role, level, or tenure in the Wikimedia movement - deserve a healthy and psychologically safe environment to do their best work, learn, and grow. #inthismissiontogether” – Wikimedia worker, name withheld
Reference [1] Worker statement. July 28, 2026. Direct worker testimony submitted to WWU.
Footer: Wiki Workers United/CWA. [union needed]. Solidarity Forever. Healthy Institutions Share Power.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jdon7en5yfbilvavbzgm2mh6/bafkreie3ul3q6fdyuxwwq2gnnh43m3gks4ivo4lk4x24yvubirtdjiccsa)
"You can't have freedom of information when you're oppressing your workers. Wikipedia used to stand for a better Internet." - Frogsquadron, Wikipedia volunteer [1] w.wiki/TAXK
![Community Citation [007]. Day 08 since WMF declined voluntary recognition on July 27, 2026.
"You can't have freedom of information when you're oppressing your workers. Wikipedia used to stand for a better Internet." - Frogsquadron, Wikipedia volunteer
Reference: [1] Public statement, Wiki Workers United EN.WP Solidarity Petition, May 29, 2026.
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"Unions are complicated things, but I support this one because I truly believe management is ignoring voices that matter and endangering the movement as a result." - Wikimedia worker, name withheld [1] http.cat/451
![Worker Statement [004] Day 08 since WMF declined voluntary recognition on July 28, 2026.
"Unions are complicated things, but I support this one because I truly believe management is ignoring voices that matter and endangering the movement as a result." - Wikimedia worker, name withheld
Reference: Direct worker testimony submitted to WWU.
Footer: Wiki Workers United/CWA. [union needed]. Solidarity Forever. Health Institutions Share Power.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jdon7en5yfbilvavbzgm2mh6/bafkreieyphdovdjkyntqbu7idt3wuogemup3sb5fcfgldlqcsaz76xdv54)
Fun thing we learned when printing out a copy of the petition to give to CEO Bernadette Meehan @ Wikimania: #MediaWiki's PDF renderer breaks on ordered list items past 1,000. I pointed this out to her when we handed her the petition. She didn't immediately see […] [Original post on wikis.world]
1,280 #Wikimedia volunteers have pledged willingness to go on strike in solidarity with #WikiWorkersUnited https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Workers_United_solidarity, making us less than 100 signatures from being the most supported proposal or […] [Original post on wikis.world]
"Wikimedia must service as a model for others and do better." - Camacleod [1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
![Community Citation [003]
"Wikimedia must serve as a model for others and do better" - Camacleod, Wikipedia Volunteer
[1] Public Statement, Wiki Workers United EN.WP Solidarity Petition, May 28, 2026](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jdon7en5yfbilvavbzgm2mh6/bafkreibinowoukslz4hibhzwkrjufdsgyf3kzdjctkvkfvqxmqipasyxxm)
"In this day and age, we need to protect the workers that build wikipedia" - AllLib en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
"Workers, editors, donors, community: unite in solidarity!" - Señoritaleona en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
“Experienced staff who give negative feedback about management decisions find themselves gaslit, sidelined, or outright fired […] Our union can help protect staff from arbitrary firings […] and from the culture of fear that has enveloped the company.” - WMF worker, name withheld http.cat/451
“Solidarity with the union is solidarity with Wikipedia and its values.” - Technolalia, Wikipedia volunteer w.wiki/T3MX
“WMF knows that its staff are passionate about the community-run projects they work to support, and management takes advantage of this to cut corners on equity on pay/benefits—especially outside the US—and […] making sure people feel safe to give feedback.” - WMF worker, name withheld http.cat/451
"When staff depart, we should be able to trust they were treated fairly … staff have been let go for advocating for their direct reports and colleagues, questioning … constructively and in good faith, … standing up for community voices to be heard" - Wikimedia worker, name withheld [1] http.cat/451
![Worker Statement [003] Day 07 since WMF declined voluntary recognition on July 28, 2026.
"When staff depart, we should be able to trust they were treated fairly. A not-insignificant number of staff have been let go for advocating for their direct reports and colleagues, questioning leadership/management constructively and in good faith, and resolutely standing up for community voices to be heard substantively." - Wikimedia worker, name withheld
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Nice work by @molly.wiki and other community members: responses to WMF's claims regarding the union issue meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Wo...
Wiki Workers United/Claims and responses - Meta-Wiki
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"I don't understand why you, a fantasy writer, don't appreciate the value of making bargains with the fae."
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2d agoEvery now and then someone takes a run at me along the lines of "I don't understand why you, a scifi writer, don't appreciate 'AI'," and I'm all, motherfucker, it's *because* I'm a science fiction writer I have the positions I have, how many times do we have to fucking yell "torment nexus," my dude
Wikimedia volunteers have stood alongside workers throughout this campaign. Thank you! Every movement is strengthened by the people who believe in it. [union needed] #WikiWorkersUnited
![Community Citation [002]
Solidarity. [...] this is unacceptable. Wikipedia has been the best of the internet, and upholding its values is an essential part of its success." - Anlina S., Wikipedia volunteer, Wiki Workers United EN.WP Solidarity Petition, May 29, 2026
Footer: Wiki Workers United/CWA. [union needed]. Solidarity Forever. Healthy Institutions Share Power.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jdon7en5yfbilvavbzgm2mh6/bafkreie2d2uearsuugdvmb3zhoehmwdoom7va7zob47g7k2xq2i224es5a)
"Wikipedia is the broadest and perhaps most important collection of knowledge humanity has ever created. Its most-dedicated stewards deserve to be treated fairly by their employer. The right to unionise is central to a fair workplace." - HDSQ, Wikipedia volunteer
![Community Citation [001]: "Wikipedia is the broadest and perhaps most important collection of knowledge humanity has ever created. Its most-dedicated stewards deserve to be treated fairly by their employer. The right to unionise is central to a fair workplace." - HDSQ, Wikipedia volunteer
Reference: [1] Public statement, Wiki Workers United EN.WP Solidarity Petition, May 29, 2026, Public Source.
Footer: Wiki Workers United/CWA. [union needed]. Solidarity Forever. Healthy Institutions Share Power.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jdon7en5yfbilvavbzgm2mh6/bafkreich4is2alzbivy4wx4ipqnczlokrnrdma7fd3duo3dmkkonge2oxa)
"If the decision is to have a union, we'll have a union. It's really, it's truly that simple." - Bernadette Meehan, CEO, Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimania Fireside Chat July 24, 2026.
![WMF Leadership Citation 001. Day 01 since WMF declined voluntary recognition.
"If the decision is to have a union, we'll have a union. It's really, it's truly that simple." - Bernadette Meehan, CEO, WIkimedia Foundation, Wikimania 2026 Fireside Chat, July 24, 2026
Footer: Wiki Workers United/CWA. [union needed]. Solidarity Forever. Healthy Institutions Share Power.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jdon7en5yfbilvavbzgm2mh6/bafkreiham5kw3yvytfrn7wvrlxm4isjsvb6s3b7ugqamvrxt6w65x72bzy)
Yesterday, the Wikimedia Foundation declined to voluntarily recognize Wiki Workers United. Today, we launch [union needed]: an evidence-based campaign inspired by Wikipedia's [citation needed] documenting why workers organized.
Check out Wiki Workers United - CWA's press release. This is just the beginning! We are not done fighting for our rights. We remain united. We remain committed to one another. And we will continue organizing together. cwa-union.org/news/release...
Wiki Workers United US/CWA Will File for NLRB Election After Wikimedia Foundation Declines Voluntary Recognition
Wiki Workers United U.S. (WWU-US-CWA) has released a statement after announcing today that it will file for a union election with the NLRB after the Wikimedia Foundation declined the union's request f...
cwa-union.org
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New from @404media.co: The Wikimedia Foundation declined to voluntarily recognize Wiki Workers United after a CWA-verified supermajority of eligible U.S. staff signed union authorization cards. Read more: www.404media.co/wikimedia-wa... Sources matter. Truth matters. Worker voices matter. ✊
Wikimedia Will Not Voluntarily Recognize Union a Supermajority of Its Workers Want
The Wikimedia Foundation waited until immediately after its largest annual conference to say it wouldn't voluntarily recognize its workers' union.
404media.co
> On Monday, just days after the massive Wikimania Conference concluded in Paris, the Wikimedia Foundation announced it would not voluntarily recognize the union and said the union would have to conduct a vote as overseen by the National Labor Relations Board. www.404media.co/wikimedia-wa...
Wikimedia Will Not Voluntarily Recognize Union a Supermajority of Its Workers Want
The Wikimedia Foundation waited until immediately after its largest annual conference to say it wouldn't voluntarily recognize its workers' union.
404media.co
