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@deborahh @ShaulaEvans you can sign if you have Wikipedia account, you can also help by spreading the word:
@greenbone That's exactly what many editors are worried about. Wikipedia's public trust comes from being community-driven and not behaving like a typical tech corporation.
By the way, WMF has stated that the layoffs were not related to unionization efforts and says it will respect the legal unionization process.
If you edit wiki projects, you should add your name to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Workers_United#Solidarity to be in solidarity with the ongoing unionization effort at the Wikimedia Foundation.
The Wikimedia Foundation has dissolved the Community Tech team and laid off 5 engineers + 1 manager while unionization efforts are ongoing.
Contributors are raising concerns about loss of community-focused engineering, possible union busting and growing disconnect between WMF leadership and volunteers
A solidarity initiative is now underway across Wikimedia projects.
Read more & consider supporting:
Wikimedia Board of Trustees approves closure of all #Wikinews projects by May 4. You may have never heard of Wikinews or haven’t visited the site in a long time which is part of the reason for the closure.
Brooke Vibber
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Kunal Mehta
Jens Ohlig