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Police made 39 arrests over the Labour Day weekend, including two people for possession of knives. Martin Weekes, the acting Deputy Commissioner of Police, said in one incident officers received a report of a person with a knife at a Front Street est...

Prison officers are working in dangerous conditions as they work to manage a growing number of serious criminals, according to the chair of the Prison Officers Association. Timothy Seon, addressing a crowd in advance of the 2022 Labour Day march, sai...

During my preschool years I spent most of the time with my maternal grandmother, Inez Darrell (née Outerbridge), in Flatts Village. It was my extended family’s influence that anchored in me an appreciation that all the children of the world were prec...

Bermuda’s workers and trade unions get a long weekend to commemorate Labour Day – after traditional commemorations of solidarity the two previous years were muted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Speeches in Union Square and the march through Hamilton’s str...

Happy Labour Day to the workers of Bermuda. As we celebrate this day, I take this opportunity to give my sincere thanks and gratitude to each and every worker for the contributions you make to our island home. The previous year has been a tumultuous...

Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, said the Government was committed to strengthen relationships with the island’s unions in the face of an ongoing dispute over decertification. Mr Hayward said in his Labour Day message: “Despite recent challenge...

Labour Day belongs to the hard-working men and women of Bermuda. They have worked hard and continue to work hard to build a better life for themselves and their families. On this day, they deserve to relax and to enjoy some hard-earned rest and relax...

The Bermuda Sandcastle competition is being celebrated with the Bermuda Post Office second commemorative stamp release of this year. Founded almost 30 years ago by Nicky Gurret, the beach competition is held annually at Horseshoe Bay on Labour Day we...

The Premier pledged that the Progressive Labour Party would stand up for Bermuda’s workers as the island’s unions marked Labour Day yesterday. David Burt highlighted the strong links between the PLP and the island’s unions as the General Election app...

A Labour Day statement from Craig Cannonier, leader of the One Bermuda Alliance. Monday marks one of the most important days in Bermuda’s calendar – Labour Day. The One Bermuda Alliance has always supported the labour movement and will continue to d...

The Labour Day march by the Bermuda Industrial Union will go ahead despite the pandemic, it was revealed yesterday. But strict social-distancing will be enforced for the traditional event on Monday. The times for the march have also been changed beca...

A former head of the Bermuda Industrial Union was honoured at yesterday’s Labour Day celebrations. The BIU headquarters building on Union Square was renamed the Ottiwell A Simmons Building as a tribute to the ex-leader and MP. Chris Furbert, the pres...