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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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Budget
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
A company at the centre of a docks dispute is to appeal an injunction served by Government to stop it laying off workers.
Yesterday Government was granted an injunction preventing Stevedoring Services Ltd (SSL) and the Bermuda Industrial Union from t...
DATE: Dec 13, 2012
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Budget
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Hamilton Mayor Graeme Outerbridge and his Council have been accused of unfair labour practices against their staff and interfering with workers’ union rights.
The allegations were made in a letter of complaint sent by the Bermuda Public Services Unio...
DATE: Dec 11, 2012
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Budget
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The Bermufda Public Service Union is looking for a second vice president.
According to an e-mail from the union, which represents civil servants and white collar workers in the private sector, members can download an election notice and nomination fo...
DATE: Dec 10, 2012
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Budget
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Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Patrice Minors has referred the docks dispute to the Labour Disputes Tribunal.
Letters were sent yesterday to Stevedoring Services and the Bermuda Industrial Union with a request by the Minister for the “coope...
DATE: Dec 08, 2012
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Budget
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The head of Stevedoring Services broke silence yesterday on the ongoing docks dispute, to counter claims made by Bermuda Industrial Union President Chris Furbert.
This after the union leader discussed the deadlock on a local radio talk show.
In a let...
DATE: Dec 07, 2012
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Budget
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Dockworkers will stop working overtime next Tuesday in an action that looks set to delay the offloading of fresh produce and other perishable goods in the weeks leading up to Christmas.
The Bermuda Industrial Union served notice of the overtime ban y...
DATE: Dec 05, 2012
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Budget
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A lingering docks dispute looks set to go to arbitration if Stevedoring Services and the Bermuda Industrial Union are not able to resolve outstanding issues by Thursday.
The standoff is imminent, based on comments made by BIU president Chris Furbert ...
DATE: Dec 01, 2012
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Budget
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The threat that a major power source for the refrigerated containers at the Hamilton docks would be shut down has been averted.
Nea Talbot, speaking on behalf of the Ministry of Finance, said yesterday: “The Ministry of Finance was aware of some con...
DATE: Nov 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Unemployed residents have until next week to sign up for a hospitality industry training programme.
Government launched the waiter-server programme in conjunction with the Bermuda Hotel Association and the Restaurant Division of the Chamber of Commer...
DATE: Nov 23, 2012
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Budget
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