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The island’s cricketing authority has joined forces with the Government to boost the employment prospects of fans.
The Bermuda Cricket Board and the Department of Workforce Development have agreed to use matches as opportunities to get people to sign...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A union’s threat of two-day strike this month was more to do with internal Progressive Labour Party politics than controversial changes to labour legislation, the Premier claimed yesterday.
David Burt said in a letter to Chris Furbert, the president...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Union negotiators and the Government should go head-to-head until a deal is struck over union decertification votes, an Opposition MP said last night.
Jarion Richardson, the shadow labour minister, said: “We recommend the negotiators enter a room, B...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Opposition to the Bermuda Industrial Union’s threat of a major strike grew yesterday as the government maintained it will not back down on the issue of union decertification votes.
The Bermuda Industrial Union is demanding that the government amend ...
DATE: Aug 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A union leader has threatened the Premier with a major strike unless changes to decertification votes in workplaces are ditched.
Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, wrote to David Burt that a “two day shutdown” had been appr...
DATE: Aug 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Buses services remain sidelined this afternoon, despite hopes that a resolution to the three-day dispute had been found.
An agreement, which was thrashed out last night following late night negotiations, was expected to be rubber stamped in a union v...
DATE: Aug 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government has produced a policy paper outlining changes to immigration law that will give long-term residents permanent residency rights.
The 11-page document – Securing Permanency for Long-Term Residents – highlights the need “to create a fair, tra...
DATE: Aug 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Bermudian jewellery store worker has become a fully certified Rolex Watchmaker after completing his final exams in Switzerland.
Phillip Anderson II was accepted into the Rolex Watch Technical Programme in 2018 through a partnership with Rolex Baham...
DATE: Aug 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Seeing the delight of a young man receiving his first ever suit was a special moment for the organiser of a recent clothing giveaway.
Mikal Minors, 24, donated more than 200 items of work attire to men in need wishing to elevate themselves through e...
DATE: Aug 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance has accused Government of back-pedalling on immigration reform for political gain.
Jarion Richardson, the OBA shadow minister for Immigration, spoke out after Government on Monday announced that non-Bermudian long...
DATE: Aug 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan