The headline here doesn't match the link in question, and it is at best a misstatement of the current standing. It looks like there has yet to be any election for the employees to actually unionize, so there is no place for said union to be recognized... I'm unclear what recognition the poster actually expects here.
In terms of working to unionize and hold an election, that's a different story and one that isn't really covered in TFA either for or against or holding to specific values or process in place.
Note: I'm not against unionization per-se, but this headline and the implications are definitely misleading here.
>Last week, Wiki Workers United, which is organized through the Communication Workers Union and represents U.S. workers at the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation, requested voluntary recognition of their union. Wiki Workers United said that it had secured a “supermajority of union-eligible workers who have signed union authorization cards.” A group of more than 1,100 Wikipedia editors have also signed a letter of support for the union.
>On Monday, just days after the massive Wikimania Conference concluded in Paris, the Wikimedia Foundation announced it would not voluntarily recognize the union and said the union would have to conduct a vote as overseen by the National Labor Relations Board.
>“The Foundation’s responsibility is to ensure that they can make their own choice freely,” the foundation wrote in the statement. “So that every eligible employee has an equal voice, we believe a secret-ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board is the appropriate path forward.”
No reason not to have the vote and see if it matches the results of the open signing of union cards. My guess is that the vote will still result in the majority wanting to unionize, which will give the union full legitimacy.
The headline here doesn't match the link in question, and it is at best a misstatement of the current standing. It looks like there has yet to be any election for the employees to actually unionize, so there is no place for said union to be recognized... I'm unclear what recognition the poster actually expects here.
In terms of working to unionize and hold an election, that's a different story and one that isn't really covered in TFA either for or against or holding to specific values or process in place.
Note: I'm not against unionization per-se, but this headline and the implications are definitely misleading here.
It's the old card check stuff again.
>Last week, Wiki Workers United, which is organized through the Communication Workers Union and represents U.S. workers at the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation, requested voluntary recognition of their union. Wiki Workers United said that it had secured a “supermajority of union-eligible workers who have signed union authorization cards.” A group of more than 1,100 Wikipedia editors have also signed a letter of support for the union.
>On Monday, just days after the massive Wikimania Conference concluded in Paris, the Wikimedia Foundation announced it would not voluntarily recognize the union and said the union would have to conduct a vote as overseen by the National Labor Relations Board.
>“The Foundation’s responsibility is to ensure that they can make their own choice freely,” the foundation wrote in the statement. “So that every eligible employee has an equal voice, we believe a secret-ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board is the appropriate path forward.”
No reason not to have the vote and see if it matches the results of the open signing of union cards. My guess is that the vote will still result in the majority wanting to unionize, which will give the union full legitimacy.
Of course... Afaik that's the general process in the US anyway... You aren't recognized until after a vote... Often under NLB supervision.