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@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
On 9 March 2016 at 09:50, Derek V.Giroulle derekvgiroulle@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