Log In

The Labour Day march by the Bermuda Industrial Union will go ahead despite the pandemic, it was revealed yesterday. But strict social-distancing will be enforced for the traditional event on Monday. The times for the march have also been changed beca...

Dock-workers returned to work yesterday after talks were held to try to end a dispute that led to Stevedoring Services Limited staff downing tools this week. Discussions will continue between SSL and the Bermuda Industrial Union to consider the compa...

About 25 dockers formed a picket line at Hamilton Docks yesterday to protest against a move to outsource work. Staff from Stevedoring Services Ltd held signs including “Lies Lies!”, “Tricks” and “Workers’ Rights” from about 8am. Allan Butterfield, wh...

Stevedores are to down tools and picket the docks today in protest after the operators brought in outside staff to do mechanical work over the weekend. The news came after Stevedoring Services dockers walked off the job in Hamilton earlier yesterday ...

A refusal to suspend cuts in police health insurance by the Government sparked a rejection of a 10 per cent pay cut by officers, a source said at the weekend. The police insider added that the service would have agreed to the pay cut if the reductio...

A drop in communications between the firm running the Hamilton docks and the union representing much of its staff was acknowledged last night by Chris Furbert, president of the Bermuda Industrial Union. Warren Jones, the chief executive of Stevedorin...

Dock-workers are working on suspended overtime in protest at cost-cutting measures implemented at Stevedoring Services Limited, which operates the port of Hamilton. Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, confirmed yesterday tha...

A potential deal between hotels and unionised staff was rejected by the workers in the unionised hotel division, it was revealed yesterday. Stephen Todd, the chief executive of the Bermuda Hotel Association and the Hotel Employers of Bermuda, confirm...

The labour minister announced a supplementary unemployment benefit yesterday to help Bermudians who lost employment because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Jason Hayward said that the scheme would assist those who were on the previous 18-week unemployment ...

A businessman and restaurateur has predicted an exodus of lower-skilled overseas workers will continue as the coronavirus pandemic’s economic toll increased. Marico Thomas, who runs Four Star Pizza, Glaze Bakery and Burger Shack, said he had not laid...