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"BPSU issues complaint about CoH labour practices"

Hamilton Mayor Graeme Outerbridge and his Council have been accused of unfair labour practices against their staff and interfering with workers’ union rights. The allegations were made in a letter of complaint sent by the Bermuda Public Services Unio...
Dec 11, 2012
Budget

"BPSU needs second vice president"

The Bermufda Public Service Union is looking for a second vice president. According to an e-mail from the union, which represents civil servants and white collar workers in the private sector, members can download an election notice and nomination fo...
Dec 10, 2012
Budget

"Stevedoring chief: Change is necessary"

The head of Stevedoring Services broke silence yesterday on the ongoing docks dispute, to counter claims made by Bermuda Industrial Union President Chris Furbert. This after the union leader discussed the deadlock on a local radio talk show. In a let...
Dec 07, 2012
Budget

"Dockworkers announce overtime ban"

Dockworkers will stop working overtime next Tuesday in an action that looks set to delay the offloading of fresh produce and other perishable goods in the weeks leading up to Christmas. The Bermuda Industrial Union served notice of the overtime ban y...
Dec 05, 2012
Budget

"Docks dispute could go to arbitration"

A lingering docks dispute looks set to go to arbitration if Stevedoring Services and the Bermuda Industrial Union are not able to resolve outstanding issues by Thursday. The standoff is imminent, based on comments made by BIU president Chris Furbert ...
Dec 01, 2012
Politics

"Govt grant for BIU’s credit union"

Government has pledged to provide a grant to the Bermuda Industrial Union Credit Union in the next fiscal year. The amount of money to be given has yet to be stated. Government announced in the Throne Speech on Friday that the grant was “in keeping w...
Nov 05, 2012
Budget

"BPSU launch 60th anniversary celebrations on Sunday"

Trade unionists and the 3,800 members of the Bermuda Public Services Union are gearing up for a week of anniversary celebrations to mark 60 years on Bermuda’s labour front. A special morning worship service will launch the week of events on Sunday at...
Oct 25, 2012
Letters to the Editor

"A new kind of unity is needed "

October 11, 2012 Dear Sir, “United we stand, divided we fall” still stands today as the Bermuda Industrial Union’s motto, shaped by its founding mothers and fathers many decades ago. This was a powerful call rallying solidarity amongst members durin...
Oct 22, 2012
Letters to the Editor

"Antigua’s dismal human rights record "

September 3, 2012 Dear Sir, As a Bermudian, I found the Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister’s recent remarks on race relations in Bermuda highly offensive and grossly irresponsible. For Mr Baldwin Spencer to use a handful of ignorant comments made on ...
Sep 06, 2012
Editorials

"Productive labour"

Bermuda marked Labour Day yesterday with some people attending the annual rally and march and many more making it a day to relax before getting down to work after the summer. The Trade Union Congress has made this year’s Labour Day theme “labour unde...
Sep 04, 2012
Budget

"Premier Cox praises MPs for taking five percent pay cut"

The message to Bermudians on Labour Day 2012 was to “put their shoulders to the wheel, stand firm and stand strong to confront the challenges” that lie ahead. In these difficult economic times, Premier Paula Cox urged trade unionists and members of B...
Sep 04, 2012
Politics

"BIU speaker: Everyone must fight injustice"

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer last night condemned “vile and racist comments” to the Bermuda blogosphere. Mr Spencer said he was disgusted by the debate from posters on Bernews, claiming it underlined how much work still needs to...
Sep 01, 2012
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