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Taxpayers will continue to “pick up the slack” if workers do not get a living wage, a public forum heard this week. Martha Dismont, the executive director of Family Centre, said financial assistance for food and housing for struggling Bermudians was ...

David Burt pledged last night to examine the “historical injustices of stolen lands” and to get to the bottom of what happened during the airport protest on December 2 last year. Delivering his first major speech as Premier at the Bermuda Industrial...

Union leaders lamented the state of the island on Labour Day yesterday, accusing the Bermuda Government of misfiring policies and misspending money when the people are struggling. Hundreds of people gathered at Union Street ahead of the annual march,...

Protesters shut down the House of Assembly with a nine-hour blockade yesterday, preventing MPs from debating the controversial Pathways to Status Bill. Hundreds of campaigners linked arms to form a human barrier to stop MPs entering the Parliament bu...

Student attendance was adversely affected across Bermuda’s schools owing to island-wide work stoppages yesterday despite all schools remaining open. Yesterday marked the second day of stoppages by Civil Service workers in protest against the Bermuda...

Ferries, buses and the docks were among a host of services stopped yesterday after hundreds of workers responded to a call for an island-wide labour withdrawal from the People’s Campaign. About 1,200 people took part in a peaceful but at times fiery ...

The Bermuda Government’s impending court case against the members of the Bermuda Trade Union Congress has been protested by an overseas group. The Government is seeking an injunction against what it charges are unlawful industrial actions, in the aft...

The Bermuda Union of Teachers has joined the number of unions speaking out against a Bermuda Government lawsuit against Jason Hayward. Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, formally launched a defamation lawsuit — to be paid for by the Government — ...

Crucial talks between Government and the unions over spending cuts ended late last night with unions claiming an agreement had been reached by the Budget Reduction Working Group. At 11pm Bermuda Industrial Union president, Chris Furbert told a press ...

Union leaders and supporters continued their protest on the grounds of Cabinet last night as their dispute with Government, over furloughs for public service employees, broadened significantly. Although two days of meetings and marches have disrupted...