The Bermuda Industrial Union has called an “urgent meeting” for all of its members regarding the court summonses served on “union members and executives”.

The meeting, at the BIU headquarters at Union Square, has been called for 4pm today.

BIU administrative assistant LaVerne Furbert, who yesterday distributed the press release, said that no disruption to public services were anticipated as a result of the meeting taking place.

The request to meet, sent out yesterday with this newspaper copied in, has been made by Louise Somner, second vice-president.

Last week, Ms Furbert called on the community to donate funds to support defendants issued with court summonses in relation to the protests on December 2.

When asked by this newspaper which entity the fund was registered to, Ms Furbert responded that she could not answer our questions until she had sought legal advice. However, one of the contact phone numbers provided by Ms Furbert for those wishing to donate funds was that of the BIU’s headquarters.

Funds for non-charities can only be solicited with a temporary fundraising licence.

Ms Furbert also called on the community to head to Magistrates’ Court on the dates the defendants are due to appear as a show of support for them, starting on Wednesday at 10am.