BIU president Chris Furbert has apologised after an emergency union meeting brought public transportation to a halt.And bus operators have said they did as much as they could to accommodate commuters, working from 6.15am until 8am - despite the meeting's planned 8am start.Said one driver: "We couldn't leave parents and students stranded."Buses and ferries should be back up and running by 2pm, said Mr Furbert, head of the Bermuda Industrial Union.He said it was the workers who decided to march on KFC today and that the union still intends to "abide by the law by going to arbitration".Hundreds of unionised workes were earlier today stationed outside KFC, protesting the dispute between the fast food restaurant and the BIU.Uniformed police officers stood between the protestors and the entrance to the Queen Street restaurant.Chants of "The workers, united, will never be defeated", "No Kentucky today" and "Eat Mr Chicken", were head.The march followed an emergency meeting at BIU headquarters this morning over the cancellation of the collective bargaining agreement between the two parties.Public transportation was brought to a halt by the events, which centre around the BIU's ongoing dispute with KFC (Bermuda) Limited.Owners of the restaurant filed a writ in Supreme Court this month asking for a judicial review of Economy Minister Patrice Minors' decision to send the dispute to arbitration.Yesterday, Government announced it would take KFC to court over its plans to seek judicial review.Lawyer Delory Duncan was among those who attended the packed BIU meeting, which got underway an hour later than expected, at 9am.Mr Furbert later confirmed that the union had retained the law firm of Trott and Duncan.Meanwhile, commuters were able to make alternative arrangements to public transportation to get to work, due to the advance notice of the meeting.Smith's resident Megan Richardson said she learned about the service stoppage last night, and was left scrambling to find a ride into Hamilton."We need a little more warning than this," she said."People need to get to work. If I didn't happen to watch the news last night, I guess I would be stuck."Taxi drivers reported a brisk business during this morning's rush hour period.