The new CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation worked at J.P. Morgan and Lehman Brothers. The Foundation has now fired a longtime lead developer and disbanded the team whose job was to listen to volunteers. Most of the people they fired were union organizers. Wikipedia’s editors are now threatening to strike. To stand in solidarity with them, sign the petition:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Workers_United_solidarity

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@johncarlosbaez What I’d like to know is how such a person gets voted/hired into such a position in the first place. How is this even possible? I honestly don’t understand it. Does the board support the actions? Are there any reliable official statements or rationale for the actions?