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Management staff employed by the City of Hamilton have been working without a new collective bargaining agreement and with no word from city planners on when talks will begin.
Bermuda Public Services Union General Secretary Ed Ball aired concerns at ...
DATE: Feb 07, 2013
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Budget
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Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy said Government did reach out to unions before eliminating term limits.
In a statement yesterday, Senator Fahy said the Ministry sought feedback via the Bermuda Trade Union Congress (BTUC), whose representatives wer...
DATE: Feb 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Nurses’ aides could take industrial action at the hospital unless a dormant pay rise is acted upon, the Bermuda Industrial Union has announced.
The word came from BIU head Chris Furbert on the same day that unionised postal staff downed tools over a ...
DATE: Feb 02, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government should have met with unions before dispensing with term limits, the Trade Union Congress said following a general meeting yesterday.
The body’s new President, Alan Wilkinson, said the group was “concerned” by the absence of consultation wh...
DATE: Feb 02, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Unionised staff at Belco and Bermuda Gas downed tools yesterday, until a conference with management saw controversial hand-scanning devices scrapped.
The timekeepers, which staff say can read fingerprints, were allegedly installed without prior consu...
DATE: Jan 30, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda Industrial Union President Chris Furbert will hold a press conference this morning in the lead up to the first of a series of meetings with the new Minister of Home Affairs.
The conference, which gets underway at 10.30am at BIU Headquarters w...
DATE: Jan 10, 2013
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Budget
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With Government debt at its statutory limit, the country’s public workers are waiting patiently to see whether pay cut negotiations will be pursued by the new administration.
The One Bermuda Alliance Government is saying little about its intentions, ...
DATE: Jan 08, 2013
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Budget
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Much needed medical supplies, perishable goods and other imports sat stranded on the Hamilton docks yesterday when unionised port workers downed tools.
Prompted by notices of layoffs, Bermuda Industrial Union President Chris Furbert asserted “nothing...
DATE: Jan 08, 2013
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Budget
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A complaint made by the Bermuda Public Services Union accusing Hamilton Mayor Graeme Outerbridge and his Council of unfair labour practices against Corporation staff has yet to be resolved, more than a month on.
General Secretary of the Union Ed Ball...
DATE: Jan 07, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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Arbitration to settle a docks dispute will begin right away, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Patrice Minors said last night.
Proposed layoffs at Stevedoring Services Ltd (SSL) had led Minister Minors to intervene, and late last week she refer...
DATE: Dec 14, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
