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The Bermuda Industrial Union last night vowed to push ahead with a two-day strike today despite a warning that it would hurt the most vulnerable members of the public. Walter Roban, the Acting Premier, said: “The next two days will hurt those who can...

The Government and the Bermuda Industrial Union were yesterday on a collision course after the union confirmed it will go ahead with a work stoppage that Government says is unlawful. Chris Furbert, the president of the BIU, confirmed yesterday that t...

A union call for a two-day work stoppage next week was struck a blow yesterday after a sister union said it would not support the action. The blue collar Bermuda Industrial Union announced the strike – due to start next Monday – last weekend and app...

Changes to labour legislation that caused a breach with a union benefited workers, the Government claimed yesterday. Jason Hayward, the labour minister and a former trade union leader, said changes to the way staff could vote on union decertification...

Business leaders yesterday condemned the threat of a strike over changes to votes on union decertification in workplaces. Nathan Kowalski, the president of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce, said it was “not the time to introduce increased friction in ...

The Bermuda Industrial Union is threatening to hold a two-day strike next week over the issue of whether an employee has the right to decide on continuing to be represented by a trade union, regardless if that employee is a union member or not. The t...

A union’s threat of two-day strike this month was more to do with internal Progressive Labour Party politics than controversial changes to labour legislation, the Premier claimed yesterday. David Burt said in a letter to Chris Furbert, the president...

Union negotiators and the Government should go head-to-head until a deal is struck over union decertification votes, an Opposition MP said last night. Jarion Richardson, the shadow labour minister, said: “We recommend the negotiators enter a room, B...

Opposition to the Bermuda Industrial Union’s threat of a major strike grew yesterday as the government maintained it will not back down on the issue of union decertification votes. The Bermuda Industrial Union is demanding that the government amend ...

A union leader has threatened the Premier with a major strike unless changes to decertification votes in workplaces are ditched. Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, wrote to David Burt that a “two day shutdown” had been appr...

The leader of the Bermuda Industrial Union said a dispute between bus drivers and the Government has been resolved, despite the matter being sent to arbitration. Chris Furbert, BIU president, said yesterday that the union ratified an agreement with t...