Wikimedia mainly does the technical work like programming the servers and hosting the website.
You can think of it as almost like a tech company, they are even partnered with google, another union-busting tech company, tho wikimedia is a non-profit.
One issue people had is that only a small portion of donations go to wikipedia, and rest go to wikimedia’s other projects.
For example, they own the wikipedia trademark and sell merch, so donation money goes there also.
Honestly I overall liked the foundation, their other projects are still “free dictionary” and “free textbooks” and so on. However union-busing is really makimg me dislike them now.
Non-profits still have employees and managers and so on.
Unions mean non-profits can’t just hire/fire people unfairly, and managers see it as a personal attack on them. They don’t want any less than 100% control.
Also corporate grants and donations give steady increases to their income, and unions mean more pay raises for employees rather than managers when that happens.
Technically “openai foundation” is also a non-profit too.
Wikimedia mainly does the technical work like programming the servers and hosting the website.
You can think of it as almost like a tech company, they are even partnered with google, another union-busting tech company, tho wikimedia is a non-profit.
One issue people had is that only a small portion of donations go to wikipedia, and rest go to wikimedia’s other projects.
For example, they own the wikipedia trademark and sell merch, so donation money goes there also.
Honestly I overall liked the foundation, their other projects are still “free dictionary” and “free textbooks” and so on. However union-busing is really makimg me dislike them now.
What’s the point of union busting if they’re non-profit?
Non-profits still have employees and managers and so on.
Unions mean non-profits can’t just hire/fire people unfairly, and managers see it as a personal attack on them. They don’t want any less than 100% control.
Also corporate grants and donations give steady increases to their income, and unions mean more pay raises for employees rather than managers when that happens.
Technically “openai foundation” is also a non-profit too.