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The historic 1981 General Strike that changed the island’s political direction and a tourism economy that was the envy of other destinations started 40 years ago today. The island’s biggest labour dispute in its history capped a decade of social unre...

A civil servant helped broker a deal in the island’s worst industrial relations stalemate, trade unionists said yesterday. They said the “tireless” work of Kenneth Richardson, who was Permanent Secretary at the labour and home affairs ministry at the...

Activists will livestream a commemoration today to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1981 General Strike. Glenn Fubler, a community activist and founder of Imagine Bermuda, said it was a celebration of “the largest peaceful protest in our history”. Th...

Human societies undergo shifts from time to time; for the better or the worse. The sources of those shifts are never fully understood — shrouded in some mystery. In the spring of 1981, during a dispute that mushroomed into a general strike, there...

Bermuda’s unions will mark the 40th anniversary of the 1981 general strike next month as the fight for a living wage continues. Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, told the Hamilton Rotary Club that the strike happened as ho...

The Bermuda Entertainment Union mourned the loss of musician and political activist David W Burch, who died at the age of 75. A BEU spokesman highlighted Mr Burch’s long history as a performer. Mr Burch performed and recorded as Papa D, and sang with...

The teachers’ union is prepared to fight redundancies proposed as part of a major shake-up of the schools system, the organisation’s general secretary has said. Mike Charles, the general secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers said: “We have not b...

The Government got high marks from the Bermuda Public Services Union for the latest Budget’s moves for cutting public debt The BPSU president, Armell Thomas, singled out the 2021-22 Budget plans for lowering the island’s deficit from $245 million to...

A trade union has applied to open a new bar at its headquarters. The Bermuda Public Services Union has submitted a planning application for its offices in Angle Street, Pembroke. A notice in the Official Gazette said the union wanted to create a new ...

A few months ago I greeted a couple of Pacific Islanders and helped them find accommodations. I naturally asked how they liked being in Bermuda. To which their response was that they found the work environment much more comfortable. “How so?” was my ...

The island’s entertainers’ union sent condolences today to the family of a former government senator and Bermuda Industrial Union veteran who died last week. The Bermuda Entertainment Union joined other groups and individuals who earlier paid tribute...