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Both Opposition parties last night called for unions and managers to avoid bringing the Island to a standstill as tension remains high in a number of industries.
For the second Sunday in a row, The Oleander yesterday sat in Hamilton dock with nobody ...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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Tim Smith
Martin Law has resigned as executive director of Bermuda Employers’ Council.
Mr Law stepped down for personal reasons after six years in the post, according to a joint statement from the BEC and Mr Law.
“I initially agreed to spend five years with th...
DATE: Aug 20, 2011
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Perishable goods are likely to remain on board The Oleander instead of on supermarket shelves for the second weekend in succession as dockworkers’ overtime ban continues.
Dockworkers are refusing to work weekends or evenings as part of an ongoing row...
DATE: Aug 20, 2011
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Martin Law has resigned as executive director of Bermuda Employers’ Council.
Mr Law stepped down for personal reasons after six years in the post, according to a joint statement from the BEC and Mr Law.
“I initially agreed to spend five years with th...
DATE: Aug 19, 2011
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Tim Smith
Visitors may not come back to Bermuda if they feel inconvenienced by the bus strike, Chamber of Commerce president Stephen Todd warned yesterday.
Mr Todd pointed out many tourists rely on public transport to get around, while local businesses will al...
DATE: Aug 19, 2011
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The One Bermuda Alliance yesterday urged disgruntled workers to put Bermuda first as the threat of strikes across several sectors loomed.
Government’s failure to put Bermuda first, by overspending with the public purse, has led to job losses and made...
DATE: Aug 18, 2011
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Bermuda Industrial Union yesterday issued a 21-day strike notice on behalf of Corporation of Hamilton workers protesting at the sacking of two colleagues.
One employee was dismissed for taking leave to look after a sick child, according to BIU organi...
DATE: Aug 18, 2011
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Prison officers revealed they want serious regime changes to deal with a new kind of inmate population as they made their first official statement on their negotiations with Government.
The Prison Officers’ Association has been in talks with Attorney...
DATE: Aug 18, 2011
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Tim Smith
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards hopes civil servants would be enticed into a growing private sector under a One Bermuda Alliance Government. Giving more details on his plan to reduce Bermuda’s crippling debt, Mr Richards said his party would all...
DATE: Aug 17, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Economy Minister Kim Wilson yesterday issued a plea for workers to avoid causing disruptions as rows involving bus drivers, dockworkers, prison officers and Corporation of Hamilton staff rumbled on.
Corporation workers downed tools during the afterno...
DATE: Aug 17, 2011
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