You can ask the chapters if you want, but I doubt anyone can imagine a
scenario where the answer is going to be anything but yes.
If a chapter or the WMF were (rather riskily) to refuse to officially
recognize an employee's chosen union then processes such as
<https://www.gov.uk/trade-union-recognition-employers/overview> apply
and may be able to force recognition. However as employees will have
the right to take an adviser with them to any meeting relating to a
dispute over their own employment, even a small organization like WMUK
that falls outside the legal regulations would find it impossible to
keep union provided advisors out of the loop.
Fae
On 9 March 2016 at 12:06, Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
On 9 March 2016 at 09:50, Derek V.Giroulle
<derekvgiroulle(a)wikimedia.be> wrote:
Wikimedia UK does have anything to say about
unions its employees are free
to join a union
The issue is not whether anyone "is allowed to join" a trade union;
but whether that trade union is recognised by the employer.
--
Andy Mabbett