Framework Agreement

This is a letter to CMT to inform them of our actions
TO CMT Members



This is to inform you that the joint unions are now formally in dispute with the management of UEL over CMT’s recent agreement of a paper on the Framework Agreement. We have withdrawn from all negotiations until certain conditions have been met. (Please see attached email to Alan Sibbald for these details)



The essence of the Framework Agreement as agreed at national level is that it has been “developed in partnership with” recognised Trade Unions (my underlining).



Management at UEL have seen fit to present to CMT for agreement a paper prepared exclusively by management, despite constant reminders from the joint unions that this must be a joint paper. Further, we are most concerned that this paper contains inaccuracies and items which we believe to lie outside the remit of the Framework Agreement. We also believe that there may be legal misunderstandings within the document, all of which indicates that CMT is receiving dubious advice from its officers.

Haydn R John
Chair: UEL Joint Unions
0208 223 4027