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The island’s public transport ground to a halt yesterday as bus drivers, ferry pilots and other staff joined the protest outside the House of Assembly. The industrial action that continued throughout the day left many residents and children without t...

Parents were unsure whether to send their children to school yesterday morning as the scope of last-minute industrial action remained unclear. Ferries, buses, trash collection and the docks were mainly out of service as a result of the island-wide w...

A work stoppage accompanied by protests, fiery speeches, rebuttals, press conferences and an orderly march through the city streets — it was all evident as Bermuda experienced another day of unrest. And there are rumblings that there could be more of...

Yesterday’s industrial action also caused disruption at Hamilton Docks where the majority of stevedores did not go to work. As a result of the protest the container ship Somers Isles left Bermuda with just a quarter of her empty containers yesterday ...

Michael Dunkley remained adamant that the One Bermuda Alliance Government was “trying to save Bermuda”, as Opposition MPs maintained that the Government’s “intransigence” was pushing the island into turmoil. While the Premier said he was open to list...

Ferries, buses and the docks were among a host of services stopped yesterday after hundreds of workers responded to a call for an island-wide labour withdrawal from the People’s Campaign. About 1,200 people took part in a peaceful but at times fiery ...

The Bermuda Government is anticipating industrial activity tomorrow, with a likely disruption of public services. The warning, at 11pm, came shortly after Michael Dunkley, the Premier, called on the public to ignore an “irresponsible call” for an isl...

A move by the Bermuda Government to block unions from staging walkouts has been turned down by the courts. However, the mass walkout in January last year over the explosive issue of continued furlough days in the public sector has been branded “unla...

A “joker” waiter who struck a fellow member of staff on the backside with plastic bags has been found guilty of sexual harassment. As a result, the Fourways restaurant group was ordered to pay $3,500 in damages over its lax response to the incident, ...

Staff responsible for distributing supplies at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital took part in unplanned industrial action this week, according to the Bermuda Hospitals Board. A BHB spokeswoman said the Materials Handling Department participated in t...

The Labour Disputes Tribunal has determined there is nothing to resolve between the Bermuda Government and the Island’s public service unions. Government, according to Minister of Home Affairs Michael Fahy, was “disappointed” with the ruling but the ...

In view of this being Black History Month and the recent recollections of the Belco strike, we have reproduced from our RG archives an article dated February 9, 2013. February in the black Diaspora is observed as Black History Month. It began in the ...