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Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert yesterday claimed that mismanagement of the civil servants pension fund under the United Bermuda Party Government is the reason why it is underfunded now. The Public Service Superannuation Fund was sup...

The Bermuda Industrial Union yesterday warned that privatisation of public services could be a “recipe to disaster”. BIU president Chris Furbert told the media that while there are pros and cons to the idea of privatising public services, it was not ...

Government will have to wait a little longer to negotiate its pay cut and pensions freeze proposal with the Bermuda Police Association. A press statement from the BPA yesterday said that it could not legally agree to the proposal which would see its ...

The Trade Union Congress and the Bermuda Industrial Union have agreed in principle to Government’s wage cut and pensions contribution freeze proposal. The agreement was immediately praised by Kim Swan, interim Leader of the UBP. But the One Bermuda A...

The Trade Union Congress and the Bermuda Industrial Union have agreed in principle to Government’s wage cut and pensions contribution proposal. The Police Association is the only union which has not yet made a decision. A spokesman for the Police Ass...

Unions representing public sector workers will have a response to the Premier’s pension freeze and wage cut proposal by Monday, it was announced yesterday. The various unions involved had “lengthy and productive” meetings with Government at the Bermu...

Bermuda’s public sector workers have not accepted the Premier Paula Cox’s pay cut and pensions contribution freeze package. But indications are that there is strong willingness to work with the Government in hammering out agreement on the way forward...

Bermuda Industrial Union President Chris Furbert has denied electronic media reports that he threatened Premier Paula Cox with the loss of BIU members’ votes should Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess be removed from Cabinet. In a statement released yeste...

Bermuda's unions are working toward a “unified” response to Government's wage proposals in time for Budget day. “We wanted to be unified in our response to them,” said Trade Union Congress president Shine Hayward following a meeting yesterday at the ...

Bermuda’s unions met today to discuss Government’s wage proposals. “We wanted to be unified in our response to them,” said Trade Union Congress President, Shine Hayward. “We will be back in touch with our members because whatever we say to Governmen...

Bermuda Industrial Union President Chris Furbert this afternoon issued a statement denying reports that he had threatened the Premier with withdrawal of support if she removed Derrick Burgess from the Cabinet. Reports this week had suggested that the...