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The Government has a “back-up plan” for members of the public left stranded by a public transport strike, the transport minister revealed last night. Lawrence Scott said the Government would go back to negotiations with the Bermuda Industrial Union t...

The island’s wage disparities were highlighted this weekend as Bermuda marked the United Nations International Equal Pay Day on Saturday. Tinée Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, said the commemoration underscored efforts to ach...

David Burt, the Premier, acknowledged yesterday that he faces an “intensely personal” challenge from the Bermuda Industrial Union over voting rights in trade union legislation. In a lengthy interview with The Royal Gazette yesterday, the Premier rep...

The Bermuda Industrial Union last night vowed to push ahead with a two-day strike today despite a warning that it would hurt the most vulnerable members of the public. Walter Roban, the Acting Premier, said: “The next two days will hurt those who can...

A labour dispute at a West End hardware and construction supplier is headed for mediation talks today. It marks one week since more than a dozen staff at SAL Southampton walked off the job over what they claimed was the threatened dismissal of a gar...

A weeklong work dispute deadlock at a Southampton construction supplier SAL is said to be headed to the Labour Relations Department today. Fifteen staff from SAL Southampton remained off the job all this week over what was said to be a threat to sack...

Sixteen welders have been trained up in connecting pipes as part of the island’s wastewater infrastructure upgrades, the public works minister announced. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said the accreditation through McElroy Manufacturing had been arr...

Crunch talks are expected today at the Bermuda Industrial Union as a labour dispute at the hardware and construction supplier SAL Southampton dragged on for a third day. Wornell Steede, chief union shop steward at SAL, said yesterday that management ...

“Every aspect” of the island’s public transport system will feel the pinch from a weeklong union restriction on working hours, the transport minister warned. Lawrence Scott said bus cancellations could reach as many as 100 routes a day and ferry rout...

A work to rule by Bermuda Industrial Union workers started yesterday as a rift with the Government over union decertification widened. Chris Furbert, the BIU president, said both sides had “drawn lines in the sand on the issue”. He added: “Is this so...