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Staffers at the #Wikimedia Foundation "voted 158-14 to join the Communications Workers of America labor union. The US National Labor Relations Board..." Wikimedia employees say "they will now have a mechanism to challenge management as the organization faces growing competition from AI chatbots and a drop in volunteer editors." "Concerns about pay and benefits were not major motivators for the #union drive..." #OrganizedLabor #unionization #LaborUnion #Wikipedia -- https://www.wired.com/story/wikipedia-workers-vote-on-whether-to-unionize/

If union membership were to triple, workers could get a 14.5% raise https://www.fastcompany.com/91574297/workers-could-get-a-14-5-raise-if-union-membership-tripled Broader unionization could also correct some of the disparities that have depressed wages. It would help address the racial wage gap, reducing it by more than a third, and disproportionately raising pay for Black and Hispanic workers. It would also raise pay to match the rise in worker productivity, which has outpaced wage growth for the past four decades. #Economy #Unionization