Wikimedia is moving towards opaque and draconian leadership methods. They are actively taking advantage of the trust we put in them to make disingenuous moves that will prevent Jimmy Wales from losing power over the knowledge. He’s basically one bad decision from partnering with AI and now fewer people can stop him.
In the late 2010s and early 2020s, Jones Day represented several companies in legal proceedings against labor unions, including unions for employees of The Boston Globe in 2018[17] and Slate[18] and Politics and Prose in 2021.[19]
Littler has been widely described as a union busting firm, and is the largest union avoidance firm in the US. It has counseled and defended companies including Starbucks, Amazon, Nissan, and Delta Air Lines against employees trying to unionize.[5] In 2002, it was hired by Apple Inc. in opposition to Apple’s workers, giving advice to store managers to tell employees that unionizing would lead to worse working conditions: less promotions and inflexible hours.[16] In 2007, Littler stated that it provided services to help with “union prevention tools” and provided “state of the art union avoidance training programs”.[6]
Do we have any direct signs of union busting? It seems these law firms do other things for WMF.
Late last year Wikimedia disqualified two potential board members from eligibility days before the vote. They are notable for their push for transparency.
Wikimedia is moving towards opaque and draconian leadership methods. They are actively taking advantage of the trust we put in them to make disingenuous moves that will prevent Jimmy Wales from losing power over the knowledge. He’s basically one bad decision from partnering with AI and now fewer people can stop him.
That’s not union busting, is it? I understand the leadership problems, but we were talking about union busting specifically
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones_Day#Legal_actions_against_unions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littler_Mendelson
Wonder if they came up with the “instead of paying union dues, wouldn’t you rather play video games 🎮” posters
I was speaking of union bustion actions in WMF. I already know about these law firms