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The Government has a “back-up plan” for members of the public left stranded by a public transport strike, the transport minister revealed last night. Lawrence Scott said the Government would go back to negotiations with the Bermuda Industrial Union t...

The island’s wage disparities were highlighted this weekend as Bermuda marked the United Nations International Equal Pay Day on Saturday. Tinée Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, said the commemoration underscored efforts to ach...

Industrial action by unionised workers today in protest at new union decertification laws has been called off at the eleventh hour. Chris Furbert, the Bermuda Industrial Union president, said that in the interests of reopening dialogue between the un...

A slow return to normal working may have made hotel staff reluctant to take part in the Bermuda Industrial Union’s strike action, the head of the sector’s association has said. Stephen Todd, the chief executive officer of the Bermuda Hotels Associati...

Telecommunications company Digicel is to make ten staff redundant. A spokesman for the company said the cuts were being made to “optimise our cost base”. He added: “We can confirm that in the coming weeks ten staff members will be made redundant out ...

The traditional Labour Day celebrations have become the latest victim of Covid-19 after organisers called off the event. The day, held on the first Monday of September, is marked with a march through Hamilton by representatives of all the island’s un...

Talks between Government and the Bermuda Industrial Union over controversial decertification laws could be held soon after both sides offered up an olive branch. Yesterday Chris Furbert, the president of the BIU, said he would send a letter to David ...

David Burt, the Premier, acknowledged yesterday that he faces an “intensely personal” challenge from the Bermuda Industrial Union over voting rights in trade union legislation. In a lengthy interview with The Royal Gazette yesterday, the Premier rep...

The Bermuda Industrial Union will hold a weekly one-day protest against union decertification laws, it has confirmed. In a statement released yesterday, a BIU spokeswoman said the protest will start from Monday, September 13. The action was approved ...

The One Bermuda Alliance has criticised David Burt, the Premier, for being on holiday during this week’s industrial action over labour laws by the Bermuda Industrial Union. Cole Simons, the Opposition Leader, said: “Earlier this year the Premier ext...