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"Urgent meeting called for Dept of Education BIU workers"

The Bermuda Industrial Union has called an urgent meeting for today for all BIU members who work for the Department of Education. Union organiser Louis Somner has called the session at 11.30am at BIU headquarters in Hamilton to discuss various concer...
Jan 16, 2012
Budget

"BIU and KFC go back to the table for talks "

Union leaders and KFC management have agreed to further talks to try and solve a dispute over a cancelled labour agreement, both parties said in a joint statement on Friday. The Bermuda Industrial Union had accused KFC of cancelling a collective barg...
Dec 28, 2011
Letters to the Editor

"We are servants of the people "

November 22, 2011 Dear Sir, As the Summer season slowly fades, and Autumn ushers in awaited cooling comfort, we are offered an opportunity to indulge in the essence of Fall. An invitation perhaps to observe green leaves becoming golden, detaching an...
Dec 28, 2011
Letters to the Editor

"Don’t ban job creators "

Unions can damage us December 6, 2011 Dear Sir, It was extremely depressing to hear the views of the Bermuda Industrial Union expressed on local television on December 5. No more work permits should be granted at any level, according to the broadcast...
Dec 24, 2011
Budget

"KFC unionisation dispute could be sent to arbitration"

The ongoing dispute over a new collective bargaining agreement between KFC and the Bermuda Industrial Union looks set to go arbitration in the New Year, with binding results. That's the latest in the ongoing saga that unfolded this week when BIU Pre...
Dec 23, 2011
Other

"BIU, KFC tight-lipped over progress of negotiations"

One day after the Bermuda Industrial Union announced their contract with KFC was cancelled, both sides emerged from a meeting with Government Labour Relations Officer Glen Fubler vowing to take whatever was put on the table back to their teams with n...
Dec 22, 2011
Editorials

"BIU and KFC"

The fight that has broken out between the owners of KFC and their employees over their union contract symbolises the economic challenges of Bermuda and its people. But the company could have handled the situation differently. KFC's contract with th...
Dec 22, 2011
Other

"BIU contract cancellation was matter of survival, says KFC"

KFC cancelled an agreement with the Bermuda Industrial Union only after attempts to amend the agreement failed, its management said today. A spokesman said the amendment of the collective agreement was necessary for “the continuation of the business ...
Dec 21, 2011
Budget

"BIU on collision course with KFC"

KFC has cancelled a union agreement covering 36 employees, Bermuda Industrial Union President Chris Furbert claimed yesterday. The company has decided not to renew its three year agreement with the BIU, which expired in April. Mr Furbert, flanked by...
Dec 21, 2011
Other

"BIU names and shames delinquent credit union borrowers"

Cash-strapped Bermuda Industrial Union’s credit union has published a list of 49 delinquents amid frustration from members unable to get loans. The credit union disbursed just over $2 million in loans throughout 2009, about $1 million less than it di...
Dec 08, 2011
Other

"Union warning shot over redundant workers "

Employers who make Bermudians redundant need to make sure no one else is hired to do their jobs, union boss Chris Furbert warned yesterday. The Bermuda Industrial Union president called a press conference to announce that the three Bermudians who los...
Dec 06, 2011
Editorials

"Union finances"

One of the longest political sagas Bermuda has endured in recent years came to an end this month when the Bermuda Industrial Union finally released its accounts. The union claimed the accounts, which cover the better part of the last decade, were hel...
Nov 24, 2011
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