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Workers took to the streets for two days of industrial action as a row about voting rights for union decertification escalated. The Bermuda Industrial Union warned that it had the power to bring down the Government if it failed to give in to its dema...

Bus drivers went on strike yesterday after industrial action by Bermuda Industrial Union members, the Ministry of Transport said. Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, speaking on ZBM last night, said the dispute centred aroun...

The single protester who refused to accept a confidential government payout to people pepper sprayed outside Parliament five years ago today still wants his day in court. Craig Looby insists police used excessive force during a clash with demonstrato...

An industrial dispute about overtime payments to school custodians was settled yesterday, The Royal Gazette has learned. About 25 public school custodians downed tools and gathered at the Bermuda Industrial Union headquarters yesterday morning afte...

A few weeks ago, the Bermuda Medical Doctors Association penned a letter to the wider community — which to date has been supported by more than 150 of its members — urging all residents to get vaccinated, save for those persons who would be “medicall...

Union heads have called on their members to get vaccinated, highlighting the “alarming numbers” of deaths from Covid-19. The Bermuda Industrial Union’s executive sent out the letter on Friday to all its members, urging people to speak with their fami...

Bus drivers will take no further action in a long-running dispute with the Government over lost pay, a union leader confirmed yesterday. Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, said the decision, made on Tuesday night, came desp...

It looked like the dispute that has taken the public bus service off the road for the past 12 days was coming to an end last night. It is not before time. There are and were no winners in this deadlock. The bus drivers had moved from cutting off th...

The ferry service has returned to its regular schedule, the Government announced this morning. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Transport said that there will be an update later today about when the bus service will resume. She added: “Minibuses co...

The bus dispute remained in deadlock last night after negotiations stalled. The Government referred the dispute to arbitration on Monday in the hope that, with any further work stoppage ruled illegal, bus drivers would be forced back to work. But Chr...

A dispute that brought public bus services to a standstill for 11 days could continue today – even though the deadlock has been referred to a labour tribunal. Jason Hayward, the labour minister, made the referral earlier yesterday – which made contin...

A rift between the ruling Progressive Labour Party and the Bermuda Industrial Union widened yesterday after the BIU president accused the Government of a failure to listen to its grassroots support. Chris Furbert said the two had always been natural ...