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“If I’m not for me, then who is for me?“If I’m only for me, then who am I?“If not me, who? If not now, when?”Last week’s announcement of a collaboration in which J.J. Soares made an agreement with Age Concern to provide free medical examinations for ...

Many of Bermuda’s public school buildings are “worse than Third World” and the Bermuda Government should focus on fixing them rather than closing or consolidating schools, according to the leader of a teachers’ union. Mike Charles, general secretary ...

Michael Dunkley has expressed hope that the impasse between the Bermuda Government and the Bermuda Police Association will soon be resolved. The two sides have been at loggerheads over budget negotiations since last year and matters came to a head in...

The Bermuda Industrial Union’s gas station, built for the service of the union’s members, has stood on Dundonald Street for some 60 years. The facility temporarily closed on January 6 while it gets its first renovation since 1997. The BIU station sta...

The Bermuda Government’s hiring freeze is hurting the postal service, according to the Bermuda Industrial Union. Chris Furbert, the president of the BIU, said the service had lost 25 per cent of its staff in the past four years. There were 84 members...

The Island’s courts have refused to grant a permanent injunction against walkouts by members of the Bermuda Trade Union Congress. However, unions acted unlawfully in a mass walkout a year ago during a standoff with the Bermuda Government. According t...

A continuing labour dispute with the Bermuda Industrial Union, which has hit two Southampton routes, is now affecting two routes in the Harrington Sound Area. The Bermuda Post Office advised residents of HS01 and HS02 to use the Crawl Post Office whi...

Bus services will be improved, and overtime for drivers reduced, after the Bermuda Government and the Bermuda Industrial Union finally agreed on a new schedule. After years of dialogue, transport minister Shawn Crockwell said the union and the Depart...

Dear Sir, The heart-warming message on the front page of my Royal Gazette by Jason Hayward, representing the president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, is a welcome and a desperately needed olive branch to heal some of the hurdles that face the ...

White collar union leader Jason Hayward last night held out a 2016 olive branch to Government — and pledged to work with Ministers to reduce the cost of public administration. Mr Hayward, president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, said that 2015...

Economist Craig Simmons is calling on the Bermuda Government to appreciate the pain ahead for people as it prepares for a likely tough year of union negotiations. Mr Simmons warned the Government could not make necessary debt reductions without restr...

The Bermuda Post Office has asked West End residents to be patient as they work to resolve what they describe as an ongoing labour dispute. A Post Office spokesman this afternoon said: “The BPO wishes to advise residents on routes SN01 and SN02 that ...