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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...

Dear Sir, The following is a recasting of a letter published in 2010, which informs that the more things change, the more they stay the same: Labour Day is September 6, and tradition means big crowds at Bernard Park to hear self-serving speeches from...

The first rules to apply when trying to persuade people to change their minds are to pick an issue that is relatively straightforward and then to keep your argument as simple as possible. The campaign by the Bermuda Industrial Union to overturn the ...

Bermuda Industrial Union members and supporters this morning marched to the Cabinet Office as they continued their two-day protest. However, ministers are on their summer break and Cabinet was not meeting today, although some GP cars were parked in ...

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...

Workers who took part in industrial action yesterday backed more demonstrations against a controversial piece of labour legislation. Stephen Page, who works for the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, said: “I’m not a part of the union – but I’m a par...

Bus and ferry services ground to a halt yesterday after a strike over procedures for union decertification votes. A Government spokeswoman said Bermuda Industrial Union workers in several departments downed tools. She added that landscaping work at ...

The Government has reiterated it will not amend labour legislation which sparked a work stoppage and march this morning by the Bermuda Industrial Union. Walter Roban, the Acting Premier, flanked by members of the Cabinet, said at a press conference ...

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...