27 results returned for search: "" category "Labour" author Owain Johnston-Barnes
A union leader has threatened the Premier with a major strike unless changes to decertification votes in workplaces are ditched.
Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, wrote to David Burt that a “two day shutdown” had been appr...
DATE: Aug 21, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Labour
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Buses services remain sidelined this afternoon, despite hopes that a resolution to the three-day dispute had been found.
An agreement, which was thrashed out last night following late night negotiations, was expected to be rubber stamped in a union v...
DATE: Aug 19, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Labour
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Bermudian jewellery store worker has become a fully certified Rolex Watchmaker after completing his final exams in Switzerland.
Phillip Anderson II was accepted into the Rolex Watch Technical Programme in 2018 through a partnership with Rolex Baham...
DATE: Aug 05, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Labour
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Government benefit programme for Bermudians left unemployed by Covid-19 will continue to be offered until May 2022, the Government has announced.
Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, said a recent labour force survey had highlighted the impact of...
DATE: Jul 13, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Labour
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Workers at SAL have returned to work after management and the Bermuda Industrial Union reached an agreement to end a five-day work stoppage.
The union said staff would return to the job – although the outstanding issue of pay for the time the workers...
DATE: Jul 13, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Labour
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s unions will mark the 40th anniversary of the 1981 general strike next month as the fight for a living wage continues.
Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, told the Hamilton Rotary Club that the strike happened as ho...
DATE: Apr 28, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Labour
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Business Development Agency said it is in discussions with several people about the recently launched Economic Investment Certificate initiative.
The programme, which opened on March 1, allows foreign nationals to reside in Bermuda fo...
DATE: Apr 05, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Labour
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes