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The traditional Labour Day celebrations have become the latest victim of Covid-19 after organisers called off the event. The day, held on the first Monday of September, is marked with a march through Hamilton by representatives of all the island’s un...

Talks between Government and the Bermuda Industrial Union over controversial decertification laws could be held soon after both sides offered up an olive branch. Yesterday Chris Furbert, the president of the BIU, said he would send a letter to David ...

The Bermuda Industrial Union will hold a weekly one-day protest against union decertification laws, it has confirmed. In a statement released yesterday, a BIU spokeswoman said the protest will start from Monday, September 13. The action was approved ...

More industrial could be on the cards in a battle over labour laws, it was revealed last night. The news came after union leaders met last night to discuss the possibility of more disruption next week. Chris Furbert, the BIU president, said afterward...

Bermuda Industrial Union members and supporters this morning marched to the Cabinet Office as they continued their two-day protest. However, ministers are on their summer break and Cabinet was not meeting today, although some GP cars were parked in ...

The rift between workers and Government widened yesterday as both sides refused to budge on voting rights for union decertification. The Bermuda Industrial Union warned it had the power to bring the Government down if it failed to give in to its dema...

Controversial rules on union decertification will not be amended – despite increased pressure from trade unionists, ministers insisted yesterday. Walter Roban, the Acting Premier, and Jason Hayward, the labour minister Jason Hayward – supported by se...

The Government has reiterated it will not amend labour legislation which sparked a work stoppage and march this morning by the Bermuda Industrial Union. Walter Roban, the Acting Premier, flanked by members of the Cabinet, said at a press conference ...

The Government and the Bermuda Industrial Union were yesterday on a collision course after the union confirmed it will go ahead with a work stoppage that Government says is unlawful. Chris Furbert, the president of the BIU, confirmed yesterday that t...

A union call for a two-day work stoppage next week was struck a blow yesterday after a sister union said it would not support the action. The blue collar Bermuda Industrial Union announced the strike – due to start next Monday – last weekend and app...