UK Wikipedia Workers seek union recognition

英国维基百科员工寻求工会认可

Wikipedia workers in Britain are setting a global first by becoming the first body of workers at the online encyclopaedia to seek union recognition. 英国的维基百科员工正在开创全球先河，成为该在线百科全书首个寻求工会认可的员工群体。

British-based employees at the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) wrote a letter to management today, Wednesday 24th of June, requesting their right to be represented by the United Tech and Allied Workers (UTAW) section of the Communication Workers Union (CWU). 维基媒体基金会（WMF）的英国员工于今日（6月24日，周三）致信管理层，要求行使由英国通信工人工会（CWU）下属的“联合科技与联合工人工会”（UTAW）代表其权益的权利。

The workers have called on the WMF, as the effective management of the global non-profit operation, to uphold recent public commitments made by its leadership affirming the rights of staff to organise and form a union. 员工们呼吁维基媒体基金会作为该全球非营利组织的实际管理方，应信守其领导层近期做出的公开承诺，即确认员工组织和成立工会的权利。

The WMF has undergone a period of significant change in recent months, escalating workers’ concerns over transparency, trust, and the organisation’s future direction. 维基媒体基金会在过去几个月经历了重大变革，这加剧了员工对透明度、信任度以及组织未来发展方向的担忧。

The workers are longtime contributors and organisers, and are deeply committed to the Wikimedia movement. 这些员工是长期的贡献者和组织者，并对维基媒体运动有着深厚的承诺。

Over 1000 Wikimedia volunteers and community members have also signed petitions in support of the workers, who have networked globally under the banner of Wiki Workers United (WWU). 超过1000名维基媒体志愿者和社区成员也签署了请愿书，以支持这些在“维基工人联合会”（WWU）旗帜下进行全球联络的员工。

The WMF is the non-profit organisation that operates Wikipedia and its sister projects. Collectively, they represent the world’s largest free knowledge websites, written and maintained by a global set of volunteers. Outside of the United States, the United Kingdom is WMF’s largest employment location, and a substantial majority of its UK staff are union members. 维基媒体基金会是运营维基百科及其姊妹项目的非营利组织。这些项目共同构成了全球最大的免费知识网站，由全球志愿者编写和维护。在美国以外，英国是维基媒体基金会最大的雇佣地，且其英国员工中的绝大多数都是工会成员。

“Our union is proud to stand with these principled workers, who are initiating this process in the hope of creating a durable workplace grounded in transparency, accountability and participation across the WMF workforce. We urge the organisation to meet them in this spirit of good faith and co-operation.” — Quote from John Chadfield, CWU National Officer for Tech. “我们的工会很自豪能与这些有原则的员工站在一起，他们发起这一进程是希望在维基媒体基金会的全体员工中，建立一个基于透明、问责和参与的可持续工作环境。我们敦促该组织以这种诚意与合作的精神来回应他们。”——引自英国通信工人工会（CWU）科技部门全国官员 John Chadfield。