What do UK Trade Unions think?
On 26th March 2002 Bill Morris (General Secretary, T&GWU), Nigel de Gruchy (General Secretary, NASUWT) and Paul Noon (General Secretary, Prospect) whose unions represent all unionised labour in Gibraltar, published an open letter which said:- We share the view that the people of Gibraltar deserve better than to see an agreement between Britain and Spain which would leave Gibraltar isolated. Ministers have promised a referendum, but they must go further and guarantee that there will be no inter-governmental agreement or Anglo-Spanish declaration of principles which does not have the support of Gibraltarians. Our members on the Rock support dialogue but this cannot be on the basis of an agreement over their heads which undermines British sovereignty or the Treaty of Utrecht. Britain would not behave in this way towards the Falklands. The suggestion that the Government may have bigger issues at stake in its relations with Spain and its liberalisation agenda should not lead it to sacrifice
