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The leader of the Bermuda Industrial Union said a dispute between bus drivers and the Government has been resolved, despite the matter being sent to arbitration. Chris Furbert, BIU president, said yesterday that the union ratified an agreement with t...

The bus strike was last night sent to arbitration after supervisors refused to agree to a solution hammered out between the Government and the Bermuda Industrial Union. Drivers, represented by the Bermuda Industrial Union, were back at work today af...

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...

The Bermuda Industrial Union indicated it may refuse to go to arbitration over a dispute with Government over bus rosters. Chris Furbert, BIU president, said yesterday that talks with Government had so far proven fruitless, and he had been told the m...

Older people will suffer most from a drawn-out bus strike, a charity leader warned yesterday. Claudette Fleming, the executive director of Age Concern, said seniors depended more on public transport than other age groups and no bus service made thei...

A strike by bus service staff will continue today, the Government confirmed last night. Lawrence Scott, the transport minister, said that Department of Public Transportation managers had met Bermuda Industrial Union officials yesterday but had been u...

Buses will be off the roads today after a dispute between drivers and the Department of Public Transportation failed to be resolved over the weekend. Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, confirmed last night that strike actio...

The bus service could be shut down on Monday, it was revealed today. Bus drivers warned they were prepared to strike over a dispute with the Government. A spokeswoman for the Bermuda Industrial Union said the bus division had agreed to withdraw labou...

Members of the public should show trash collectors more respect, according to the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union. Chris Furbert also said that those who have criticised collectors who downed tools recently should instead be concerned over...

Garbage collectors who downed tools last week over a lack of working trash trucks returned to work yesterday morning – but garbage collection will still be impacted for the rest of the week. A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works said that alth...

Industrial action taken over a lack of working trash trucks could see waste collection halted next week, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union warned. Chris Furbert said yesterday that the Ministry of Public Works had agreed to supply waste c...

Workers at SAL have returned to work after management and the Bermuda Industrial Union reached an agreement to end a five-day work stoppage. The union said staff would return to the job – although the outstanding issue of pay for the time the workers...