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A union leader has warned the owner of power firm Belco not sell the company to Canadian investors. Chris Furbert, president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, highlighted rumours heard “through the grapevine” that Sean Durfy, the Canadian chief execut...

Workers need union protection, a labour leader said yesterday. Chris Furbert, head of the Bermuda Industrial Union, said the Butterfield Bank decision to shed staff and close the Rosebank branch underlined the case for trade union representation. Mr ...

This year’s Budget is the first in 16 years to be balanced, the Premier said yesterday. David Burt declared that the island’s debt was to fall “for the first time since 2003”, in a Budget that “reflects our vision, and clearly demonstrates fiscal dis...

A hush fell on the House of Assembly yesterday as all eyes turned to Curtis Dickinson when he rose to deliver his first Budget. Mr Dickinson, who took the finance portfolio in November 2018, acknowledged the milestone. He told MPs that he represented...

Dennis Pimentel, a former apprentice at power firm Belco has been appointed as its new president with operational accountability. Sean Durfy, who has been under fire over his management style, which led to a strike, will remain as president and chief...

Measures, including putting work permits on hold, could be brought to bear against employers who manipulate worker contracts to dodge basic employee benefits. Walton Brown, the Minister of Home Affairs, said yesterday that he aimed to safeguard worke...

The island’s power supplier is now halfway through a 14-day union ultimatum to reinstate four management staff, but neither side in the dispute would say if talks have taken place. Unionised Belco workers adopted a work-to-rule last Friday in the wak...

Industrial action at Belco could leave customers in the dark, the utility warned over the weekend. The company said customers “may experience power outages” as a result of the industrial action with the Electrical Supply Trade Union, which imposed a ...

The Electrical Supply Trade Union is imposing work to rule, and demanding the “immediate reinstatement” of four Bermudian workers “displaced” at Ascendant Group, according to a statement issued by Jason Hayward, president of the Bermuda Trade Union C...

Public servants and the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority have signed a three-year collective bargaining agreement. The BPSU said the backdated agreement was signed on February 27 and was effective from April 1 last year. It will expire at the end of ...