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“Unity or agreement of feeling or action, (especially) among individuals with common interest” (Definition of ‘solidarity’ by the Oxford English Dictionary) When recently stopping by my office in Hamilton, I had to step carefully, since there was a ...

About 600 civil servants yesterday marched on Cabinet calling for more help for families struggling during the recession. Bermuda Public Services Union (BPSU) demanded Government does all it can to introduce a price freeze on essential services as pa...

Bermuda Public Services Union wants assurances Government will help workers through the economic crisis if they accept tough pay terms. New president Kevin Grant yesterday called a meeting with members after saying he was frustrated at Government’s f...

Workers don’t know whether they’ll be supported if they lose their jobs this summer because Bermuda Industrial Union is so far behind in its financial reporting, according to Bermuda Democratic Alliance chairman Michael Fahy. The BIU has said it will...

Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert yesterday told Cabinet Ministers to take a “symbolic pay cut” after officially rejecting Government's pay proposal. Workers were offered a wage freeze and straight time pay instead of overtime, until t...

The Bermuda Industrial Union has rejected a Government pay proposal that would freeze workers’ wages. President Chris Furbert said today the wage freeze coupled with a reduction in overtime pay came as a “double whammy” to workers, who have asked Mi...

Angry workers yesterday said they’d only accept overtime cuts if Government Ministers lead by example and slash their own pay. Hundreds of Bermuda Industrial Union members packed into St Paul Centennial Hall to hear president Chris Furbert give an up...

Angry workers today called for Government Ministers to take a salary cut following a heated meeting over pay negotiations. Numerous Bermuda Industrial Union members told The Royal Gazette they were unhappy at having the squeeze put on their pay while...