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Legislation to make impromptu stoppages illegal was delayed

Government has repeatedly condemned impromptu work stoppages by transport workers in recent months, claiming they can damage Bermuda’s reputation as a tourism destination. But although it drafted legislation to make wildcat industrial action by bus a...
Jun 20, 2014
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Calls for ferry service to be privatised

Online commentators have called for the privatisation of the ferry service after yesterday’s stoppage, with many fearing loss of tourism revenue due to the unannounced downing of tools. Privatising or outsourcing services, including public transport,...
Jun 20, 2014
Other

Sit-in at hospital over sacked worker

Unionised staff at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital walked off the job yesterday after one of their colleagues was fired ­— and further industrial action is threatened. Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) has been given one week to reinstate the employee,...
May 22, 2014
Letters to the Editor

Public transportation is not an essential service

March 5, 2014 Dear Sir, The fire service, police service and the hospital are essential services because the consequences of withdrawing labour could potentially lead to death if an emergency arose in any of these services. In fact the airport is pro...
Mar 08, 2014
Letters to the Editor

Masters of their own destruction

March 5, 2014 Dear Sir, How long will it take ‘The Workers’ to realise that they are on a very dangerous path, literally leading to their own destruction, if they continue to strike w...
Mar 08, 2014
Letters to the Editor

The strike of ‘81 cost us dearly

March 6 2014 Dear Sir, I wonder if many people remember the May 1981 strike — the one that destroyed Bermuda’s hotel industry. Every single hotel, cottage colony and guest house had every single room occupied. The Island was bursting at the seams wit...
Mar 08, 2014
Budget

Ferry workers remain on strike

Last week’s industrial action by Marine and Ports staff was “irregular and unlawful”, according to Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy — but ferry workers will remain on strike this morning. Bermuda Industrial Union head Chris Furbert said that striki...
Feb 24, 2014
Opinion Writer

Disagreements need not be destructive

Over the years Bermuda has been rocked with labour disputes that often crippled services causing many to wonder whether any type of disagreement should be allowed to disrupt basic day to day activity necessary for continuity to our labour infrastruct...
Feb 18, 2014
Letters to the Editor

There must be more to this

February 6, 2014 Dear Sir, May I comment on the recent industrial dispute. At press conferences, Chris Furbert of The Bermuda Industrial Union seemed to be laughing and gloating at the management and the government, as the events of the recent strike...
Feb 08, 2014
Other

Union men to mull Hamilton Princess counter proposals

Unionised bar staff at the Hamilton Princess Hotel will hold a crunch meeting this morning to consider their next move in the dispute over job cuts at the resort. And The Royal Gazette understands that threatened industrial action by workers last nig...
Feb 03, 2014
Other

Dr Brown: Former staff members’ grievances are ‘unfounded’

Disgruntled ex-staff who have cried foul over alleged intimidation by Bermuda HealthCare Services don’t have any grounds for complaint, according to clinic head former Premier Ewart Brown. Dr Brown also dismissed the suggestion by the employees that ...
Jan 16, 2014
Budget

Sacked staff concerned by lengthy wait for inquiry

Staff who were sacked from a health clinic claim officials are dragging their feet over a probe into alleged intimidation at their former workplace. Government’s Workforce Development Department began the inquiry last summer after two staff were dism...
Jan 14, 2014
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