San Francisco, Calif. – U.S.-based workers astatine Wikimedia Foundation—the nonprofit statement that hosts Wikipedia and sister projects—have won their national election, voting overwhelmingly to subordinate Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 9415. The triumph marks an important milestone successful a world activity among Wikimedia Foundation workers to establish corporate bargaining done the ineligible frameworks disposable successful their respective countries.
U.S.-based workers began organizing arsenic a portion of the broader Wiki Workers United world national run of Wikimedia Foundation workers committed to strengthening worker voice, transparency, equity, and shared stewardship.
“The nickname of our union’s first government-sanctioned bargaining portion is simply a immense milestone successful our complete ten-year journey to educate, agitate, and shape coworkers,” said Bryan Davis, a WWU organizing committee and WWU-US/CWA member. “We proceed our petition for nickname successful the U.K. and dream to spot much jurisdiction-specific units telephone for voluntary nickname successful the coming weeks and months. Solidarity will proceed to thrust our discussions, planning, and actions arsenic we statesman moving connected our corporate goals for statement bargaining to support each WMF workers sloppy of legal jurisdiction, occupation duty, aliases hours of employment.”
In July, U.S.-based workers demanded national nickname aft a supermajority of them signed national authorization cards. When guidance refused to uphold the organization’s committedness to respect the authorities of workers to freely take union representation, workers persevered done a national predetermination overseen by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
“Today’s triumph is simply a objection of the powerfulness of world solidarity,” said Decovan Rhem, President of CWA Local 9415. “WWU-US/CWA members organized crossed their workplaces and crossed the world, building support among coworkers internationally and among an unthinkable organization of volunteers and wiki editors. Now, we will return the power our members person built to the bargaining array to discuss a beardown statement that gives Wikimedia workers the voice they person agelong deserved.”
WWU extends its sincere gratitude to the Wikimedia unpaid community. Over 2,000 volunteers and organization members who have collectively made much than 15 cardinal edits have publicly signed petitions supporting Wikimedia Foundation workers and affirming the value of giving workers a meaningful sound successful shaping the early of the movement. This petition is the astir supported petition successful history connected the English-language Wikipedia. The WWU Organizing Committee is deeply appreciative of this bonzer objection of solidarity.
“Today’s predetermination consequence is simply a well-deserved triumph not only for Wikimedia U.S. staff, but for everyone who believes in a free, antiauthoritarian internet. I americium proud to beryllium among the 2,000 unpaid editors celebrating this accomplishment today,” said Shushugah, a unpaid Wikipedia editor since 2015 pinch complete 14,000 world edits.
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About CODE-CWA
The Campaign to Organize Digital Employees (CODE-CWA) is simply a national activity of thousands of
workers fighting each azygous time to build the sound and powerfulness basal to guarantee the early of the tech, games, and
digital industries successful the United States and Canada. CODE-CWA is simply a task of the Communications Workers of America
(CWA), which represents hundreds of thousands of workers passim tech, media, telecom, and different industries who stand
together to conflict for justness connected the occupation and successful our communities.
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For much information: https://wikiworkersunited.org
Media inquiries: [email protected], Sean Nesmith [email protected]
-- WWU-US Branch September 4, 2026
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