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The rift between workers and Government widened yesterday as both sides refused to budge on voting rights for union decertification. The Bermuda Industrial Union warned it had the power to bring the Government down if it failed to give in to its dema...

Controversial rules on union decertification will not be amended – despite increased pressure from trade unionists, ministers insisted yesterday. Walter Roban, the Acting Premier, and Jason Hayward, the labour minister Jason Hayward – supported by se...

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 ...

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...

The bus strike was last night sent to arbitration after supervisors refused to agree to a solution hammered out between the Government and the Bermuda Industrial Union. Drivers, represented by the Bermuda Industrial Union, were back at work today af...

Buses services remain sidelined this afternoon, despite hopes that a resolution to the three-day dispute had been found. An agreement, which was thrashed out last night following late night negotiations, was expected to be rubber stamped in a union v...

The Bermuda Industrial Union indicated it may refuse to go to arbitration over a dispute with Government over bus rosters. Chris Furbert, BIU president, said yesterday that talks with Government had so far proven fruitless, and he had been told the m...

Older people will suffer most from a drawn-out bus strike, a charity leader warned yesterday. Claudette Fleming, the executive director of Age Concern, said seniors depended more on public transport than other age groups and no bus service made thei...