UK Wikipedia workers seek union recognition in global first for Wikimedia Foundation
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British employees of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) are seeking to become the first Wikipedia workers globally to gain union recognition. They have formally requested management to recognize the United Tech and Allied Workers (UTAW) section of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), citing recent public commitments by WMF leadership affirming staff organizing rights.
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· 2 pulledBritish-based employees at the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) wrote a letter to management today, Wednesday 24th of June requesting their right to be represented by the United Tech and Allied Workers (UTAW) section of the Communication Workers Union (CWU)
The workers have called on the WMF, as the effective management of the global non-profit operation, to uphold recent public commitments made by its leadership affirming the rights of staff to organise
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