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Tree trimming assignments during peak rush hour periods on busy streets has become the focal point of a shift change implemented by the City of Hamilton.
The city’s Parks Department staff maintain they were told last year that the shift change would ...
DATE: Sep 13, 2012
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Budget
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Maintenance of Bermuda’s ferries is being outsourced by the Department of Marine and Ports, union leaders said yesterday.
And workers had brought a number of issues to management to no avail, Sinclair Samuels, president of the Marine and Ports divisi...
DATE: Sep 07, 2012
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Budget
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The message to Bermudians on Labour Day 2012 was to “put their shoulders to the wheel, stand firm and stand strong to confront the challenges” that lie ahead.
In these difficult economic times, Premier Paula Cox urged trade unionists and members of B...
DATE: Sep 04, 2012
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Budget
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Major companies have won concessions from Government under the Incentives for Job Makers Act, according to Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox.
Seven companies have been awarded exemptions from work permits for senior executives, in return for “th...
DATE: Aug 24, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
And Mr Dunstan urged potential workers to make sure they help themselves as he revealed half didn’t even turn up for interviews as part of a programme to find jobs for masons.
Mr Dunstan, the Construction Association of Bermuda president, said there ...
DATE: Aug 24, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Four months into its financial year, Government is yet to agree a pay packet with its workers.
And the Opposition One Bermuda Alliance says that’s a sign of Government indecision and leadership failure.
Bermuda Bermuda Trade Union Congress President ...
DATE: Aug 14, 2012
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Budget
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Staff at BTC have been calling in sick in what bosses believe could be industrial action.
A spokeswoman for the firm issued this statement this morning: “Since Friday June 29, 2012, BTC departments have been affected by a large number of absences due...
DATE: Jul 04, 2012
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Budget
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More than 300 Bermuda Public Services Union members attended St Paul Centinnial Hall yesterday to make a decision on the Government Superannuation Fund proposal.
But according to BPSU General Secretary Ed Ball, that decision “will not be made known t...
DATE: Jun 28, 2012
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Budget
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Government workers are meeting tomorrow to discuss their long-awaited plans for a wage cut and pension freeze.
Talks are still rumbling on four months after a deal was agreed in principle aimed at saving Government tens of millions of dollars.
It’s u...
DATE: Jun 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
An injunction was granted preventing unionised KFC employees from being forced into accepting less favourable work terms.
BIU President Chris Furbert issued a press release announcing the injunction yesterday following a hearing before Chief Justice ...
DATE: Jun 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
