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The Government broke ground yesterday on what will be a new international arbitration centre developed as part of a public-private partnership. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch announced the construction of the Ottiwell Simmons International Arbitratio...

Members of the island’s white-collar union are believed to have voted to accept a 10 per cent pay cut and suspension of pension contributions to ease pressure on the public purse caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. A message from the Bermuda Public Serv...

Hoteliers have welcomed the Government’s planned temporary redundancy payment reprieve, while a union leader described it as a “win-win”. However, concerns remain in the industry about the impact of potential severance payments later this year, given...

The island’s blue-collar union is backing rallies to protest at police brutality inflicted on black people in America. Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, said he was “100 per cent” behind the demonstrations, which have spre...

Proposed temporary changes to employment law to help employers get round the legal requirement to make a laid-off worker redundant after four months were attacked yesterday by a union leader. Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Uni...

A meeting called by the Bermuda Industrial Union for this morning delayed the limited reintroduction of a bus service “until further notice”, the Government said last night. The Department of Public Transportation said the eleventh-hour cancellation ...

A funeral procession in honour of a former Bermuda Industrial Union vice-president was held in Hamilton yesterday. Family, friends and colleagues paid their tributes to Glenn Simmons, who died on March 3, aged 67. Signs on public buses brought out fo...

The funeral service and march for Glenn Simmons will go ahead tomorrow — but with precautions. A Bermuda Industrial Union spokeswoman said: “After consultation with the Disaster Risk Reduction and Mitigation Team within the Ministry of National Secur...

A trades union has asked a court to deliver an ultimatum to a sports club — pay a $1.5 million debt or lose its building in Hamilton. The Bermuda Industrial Union has asked the Supreme Court to order Pembroke Hamilton Club to pay the cash or demand t...

The Bermuda Industrial Union has launched legal action against a sports club over unpaid debts from up to 18 years ago. A writ, filed by the law firm Trott and Duncan on October 2, referenced two promissory notes between the BIU and the Pembroke Hami...

Normal trash collection schedules will restart this morning after waste management staff agreed yesterday to end a work-to-rule. The industrial action, announced on Sunday, was called off after talks between the Bermuda Industrial Union and the Depar...

Garbage collectors have launched a work to rule and the industrial action will hit trash pick-up schedules, a Government spokesman warned today. The public works ministry spokesman said a meeting with staff in a bid to end the dispute was due to be h...