Labour Day March will be trip through history
Bermuda's shared heritage will be the focus of this year's Labour Day March, say organisers.
And the "reinvented" Joint Labour Day Organising Committee has broadened its representation to include not just labour unions but employers' organisations, Government and major business representatives, according to a statement from the Committee chairman Wentworth Christopher.
"We are pleased to announce the co-operation of the Bermuda National Trust in this year's march, with its focus on heritage. The march starts at Union Square and passes a number of historic sites, many of them representing milestones in the evolution of the movement for labour and social progress. "These include St. Paul AME Church, the Bank of Bermuda, the Salvation Army, the House of Assembly, Bank of Butterfield, Hamilton Docks, Number One Shed, Trimingham Brothers, former sites of the Pheonix Drug Store and Hamilton Hotel, the Bermuda Telephone Company and the Bermuda Public Services Union."
Mr. Christopher said that the Island's banks and others had contributed financially to this year's march.
"We are highlighting people who are now involved in the Joint Labour Day Organising Committee."
A live radio commentary by the committee's co-ordinator and Amanda Outerbridge, director of the National Trust, will be broadcast during the March, which takes place Monday, on ZBM 1340 from 11.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.
"This innovative approach speaks to the committee's mission of `transcending all barriers' so that even the sick and shut-in and others unable to attend will be able to listen and connect with what is planned to be an entertaining event."
The statement continues: "There is a Bermuda story, in which all our residents share. This year's Labour Day March/Walk will be an opportunity to take a closer look at some important chapters of that story.
"Like any good story, it contains some drama, some conflict and some romance. We invite the whole community to come out _ bring your walkman/portable radio _ and remind ourselves of how we reached this `happy ending'."
