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We're Wiki Workers United, a global solidarity union for the staff of the Wikimedia Foundation.
Stupid question: What is a "solidarity union"? I've heard of "labour union" and "trade union" (I'm actually not sure whether there's a distinction between them or whether it's both the same thing, workers organising themselves to demand better wages and strike if demands are not met), but I've never heard the phrase "solidarity union".
@vaporeon_ legally speaking, wikipedia editors are not employees of the Wikimedia Foundation and cannot form an “actual” union that can force the Foundation’s hand through the state as a mediator. however, they are still trying to use that fact that Wikipedia cannot run without their labor as a point of leverage. i’m not really sure how meaningful the diffurence is when i start to think about it
@aescling I assume that's why the odd phrasing? Good luck to them in any case